Comments on: Transparent soft furniture http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 25 May 2013 16:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Ant http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html#comment-1214951 Ant Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:43:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117617#comment-1214951 Is it still comfy/comfortable? Is it still comfy/comfortable?

]]> By: toxonix http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html#comment-1213907 toxonix Thu, 15 Sep 2011 20:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117617#comment-1213907 This may be the solution to my cat+furniture problem. I wonder how likely they are to stick their claws into transparent vinyl. I have yet to find comfortable stainless steel mesh seating arrangements, but still looking.  This may be the solution to my cat+furniture problem. I wonder how likely they are to stick their claws into transparent vinyl. I have yet to find comfortable stainless steel mesh seating arrangements, but still looking. 

]]> By: bcsizemo http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html#comment-1213438 bcsizemo Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117617#comment-1213438 Nothing like sitting on a metal coil with no foam cushion over it.  And I don't think a transparent toilet would be that great.  An acceptable resin to build it out of wouldn't be cheap and it might still be hospitable to germs.  Glass would work for the sanitation aspect, but if broken might turn into a weapon.  Stainless steel, while not cheap or transparent does seem the way to go. That is until someone comes up with some transparent aluminum. Nothing like sitting on a metal coil with no foam cushion over it. 

And I don’t think a transparent toilet would be that great.  An acceptable resin to build it out of wouldn’t be cheap and it might still be hospitable to germs.  Glass would work for the sanitation aspect, but if broken might turn into a weapon.  Stainless steel, while not cheap or transparent does seem the way to go.

That is until someone comes up with some transparent aluminum.

]]> By: Gizzy http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html#comment-1213357 Gizzy Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117617#comment-1213357 Sweat City... especially in the summer! Sweat City… especially in the summer!

]]> By: Daniel m. Davis http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html#comment-1213304 Daniel m. Davis Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117617#comment-1213304 I looks like something that would be quite at home in Terry Gilliam's film Brazil. I looks like something that would be quite at home in Terry Gilliam’s film Brazil.

]]> By: Gina Martin http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html#comment-1213237 Gina Martin Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117617#comment-1213237 I really wish you had a link for the transparent toilets and tvs, all the stuff I'm finding is art project related, not prison chic.   I really wish you had a link for the transparent toilets and tvs, all the stuff I’m finding is art project related, not prison chic.  

]]> By: Roberta Prada http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html#comment-1213224 Roberta Prada Thu, 15 Sep 2011 13:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117617#comment-1213224 yecch yecch

]]> By: sockatume http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html#comment-1213203 sockatume Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117617#comment-1213203 I will never feel comfortable on a sofa again. I will never feel comfortable on a sofa again.

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html#comment-1213196 Paul Renault Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:36:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117617#comment-1213196 Oy!  Still not awake: "so that dust and kids' germs won't get THEM dirty," Oy!  Still not awake: “so that dust and kids’ germs won’t get THEM dirty,”

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html#comment-1213193 Paul Renault Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:33:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117617#comment-1213193 So, I wonder: if you're the kind of old-school mom that puts vinyl coverings on all expensive/nice furniture so that dust and kids' germs won't get dirty, do you have get an extra vinyl cover? So, I wonder: if you’re the kind of old-school mom that puts vinyl coverings on all expensive/nice furniture so that dust and kids’ germs won’t get dirty, do you have get an extra vinyl cover?

]]> By: Moriarty http://boingboing.net/2011/09/15/transparent-soft-furniture.html#comment-1213183 Moriarty Thu, 15 Sep 2011 12:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=117617#comment-1213183 I see much potential as a terrarium. I see much potential as a terrarium.

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