Comments on: Chair made from discarded paperbacks http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: 23 http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235809 23 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235809 I never thought I'd go anywhere to see an uncomfortable chair, but I didn't know there was a bookstore that close to me either... I never thought I’d go anywhere to see an uncomfortable chair, but I didn’t know there was a bookstore that close to me either…

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235063 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235063 why can't they be left readable and be just hung over wire spines? why can’t they be left readable and be just hung over wire spines?

]]> By: Nin Harris http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235581 Nin Harris Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235581 This makes me a sad panda. Nice idea, but I'd never do that to books whether they're bad or good :p This makes me a sad panda. Nice idea, but I’d never do that to books whether they’re bad or good :p

]]> By: cherylktardif http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235337 cherylktardif Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235337 I am now very relieved that my novels are all trade paperbacks. The idea of someone sitting on them...well, it's just too funny. However, as an author, I do find this chair very interesting--great for anyone with ADD. Read a page; if it doesn't grab you, flip over to another book. Now if the books were all erotic romance, it would put new meaning to the term "the naughty chair", as used by SuperNanny. ;-) I am now very relieved that my novels are all trade paperbacks. The idea of someone sitting on them…well, it’s just too funny.

However, as an author, I do find this chair very interesting–great for anyone with ADD. Read a page; if it doesn’t grab you, flip over to another book.

Now if the books were all erotic romance, it would put new meaning to the term “the naughty chair”, as used by SuperNanny. ;-)

]]> By: bluewoad http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235084 bluewoad Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235084 Duvall Books (www.duvallbooks.com) in Duvall, WA, has a 'love seat' made of paperbacks. They have a flash slide show on their site that shows it. Duvall Books (www.duvallbooks.com) in Duvall, WA, has a ‘love seat’ made of paperbacks. They have a flash slide show on their site that shows it.

]]> By: mdhatter http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235109 mdhatter Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235109 With a little more design that could be a sweet bookcase. With a little more design that could be a sweet bookcase.

]]> By: Antiglobalism http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235380 Antiglobalism Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235380 Do I see "Naked Lunch" in there, no? Do I see “Naked Lunch” in there, no?

]]> By: lotek http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235382 lotek Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235382 "marvellous" ...really? When did recycled and "green" start trumping good, thoughtful design and aesthetics? “marvellous” …really?
When did recycled and “green” start trumping good, thoughtful design and aesthetics?

]]> By: absimiliard http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235128 absimiliard Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235128 I must love books too much. I collect sci-fi paperbacks, or at least that's what I claim when asked why I have sooo bloody many of them . . .. In any case, that chair is appalling. It's so appalling it deserves a few extra "p"s. Let me retry. . . . That chair is apppppppalling! (and seriously wrong, no one should do that to paperbacks, or hardcovers for that matter) -abs, doesn't think this whole sig thing is ridiculous enough, so he's going to keep adding text to turn an otherwise sig-like apputenance into an actual sentence. (now don't you wish I'd just sign off as -abs? It's so much friendlier to white-space than this) I must love books too much. I collect sci-fi paperbacks, or at least that’s what I claim when asked why I have sooo bloody many of them . . ..

In any case, that chair is appalling. It’s so appalling it deserves a few extra “p”s. Let me retry. . . .

That chair is apppppppalling! (and seriously wrong, no one should do that to paperbacks, or hardcovers for that matter)

-abs, doesn’t think this whole sig thing is ridiculous enough, so he’s going to keep adding text to turn an otherwise sig-like apputenance into an actual sentence. (now don’t you wish I’d just sign off as -abs? It’s so much friendlier to white-space than this)

]]> By: DapperJoe http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235130 DapperJoe Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235130 This is very modern art, where did you find it? Must have used those crumby erotic novels as fillers. Dapper Joe This is very modern art, where did you find it? Must have used those crumby erotic novels as fillers.

Dapper Joe

]]> By: Antinous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235400 Antinous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235400 Dapper Joe, Your blog link goes on your profile page. Thanks. Dapper Joe,

Your blog link goes on your profile page. Thanks.

]]> By: misterhankscorpio http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235150 misterhankscorpio Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235150 Cory, you wish it was for sale? I could build a superior model (you name the specs) for you... Seriously... Cory, you wish it was for sale? I could build a superior model (you name the specs) for you… Seriously…

]]> By: insect_hooves http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235161 insect_hooves Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235161 DO WANT! DO WANT!

]]> By: misterhankscorpio http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235168 misterhankscorpio Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235168 ...slap an @gmail.com on my handle and shoot me a line. Mind you I am a professional designer/fabricator, not a starving artist (despite having a BFA). …slap an @gmail.com on my handle and shoot me a line. Mind you I am a professional designer/fabricator, not a starving artist (despite having a BFA).

]]> By: Matt Staggs http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235936 Matt Staggs Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235936 Hey, Cory: "I'll Rochambeau you for it." Hey, Cory:
“I’ll Rochambeau you for it.”

]]> By: holtt http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235174 holtt Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235174 I can imaging having cover ink leaching out onto your bare legs (or ass) on a hot day. Imagine having "Bukowski" across your butt. I can imaging having cover ink leaching out onto your bare legs (or ass) on a hot day. Imagine having “Bukowski” across your butt.

]]> By: insect_hooves http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235175 insect_hooves Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235175 Takuan @1: You'd be in danger of snipping them right in half. You could maybe rig up plexiglass book cases for the seat and back and arms, tho, and then just use it as storage. Takuan @1: You’d be in danger of snipping them right in half. You could maybe rig up plexiglass book cases for the seat and back and arms, tho, and then just use it as storage.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235177 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235177 Good idea, Takuan, but unfortunately the glue and paper used in mass-market paperbacks would not withstand such use in a chair. The third or fourth time you sat in it, a few books would fall out of their covers, and the problem would get progressively worse. I'd love a useable chair that could store that many books with the spines showing. I don't consider the giant "Captain Kirk style" bookcase chairs to be actually useable, because they are too cyclopean to be moved about. --Charlie Good idea, Takuan, but unfortunately the glue and paper used in mass-market paperbacks would not withstand such use in a chair. The third or fourth time you sat in it, a few books would fall out of their covers, and the problem would get progressively worse.

I’d love a useable chair that could store that many books with the spines showing. I don’t consider the giant “Captain Kirk style” bookcase chairs to be actually useable, because they are too cyclopean to be moved about.

–Charlie

]]> By: ohnoOhNoOHNO http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235699 ohnoOhNoOHNO Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235699 I'd Rochambeau somebody for this chair. I’d Rochambeau somebody for this chair.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235190 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235190 and that of course is my artistic statement on the bittersweet evanescent nature of the author's fleeting words... like the cherry blossoms they fall at their peak and litter the uncaring tread of of the drab,work-a-day world we all seek to transcend by wings of prose. Either that or we don't give a shit since there's plenty more where they came from. and that of course is my artistic statement on the bittersweet evanescent nature of the author’s fleeting words… like the cherry blossoms they fall at their peak and litter the uncaring tread of of the drab,work-a-day world we all seek to transcend by wings of prose. Either that or we don’t give a shit since there’s plenty more where they came from.

]]> By: raisedbywolves http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-235723 raisedbywolves Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-235723 ... but is it COMFY? … but is it COMFY?

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/07/16/chair-made-from-disc.html#comment-283105 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-283105 It's an art piece people! It's a wonderful idea. Think about it, the books that were used on the chair were basically headed to the dump anyways, so why not get creative and give them a use. The whole point of the chair is a fun idea. You know, reduce, reuse, recycle? It’s an art piece people! It’s a wonderful idea. Think about it, the books that were used on the chair were basically headed to the dump anyways, so why not get creative and give them a use. The whole point of the chair is a fun idea.

You know, reduce, reuse, recycle?

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