Comments on: Furniture that looks like it's made from steamer-trunks http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sat, 18 May 2013 08:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: kmoser http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1635011 kmoser Wed, 23 Jan 2013 06:25:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1635011 Steamer trunks or steamer punks? Steamer trunks or steamer punks?

]]> By: John Fleming http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633582 John Fleming Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633582 They do exist.  I saw one at the London Loft store in Halifax (Nova Scotia).  It's purty, but I can't imagine actually using it as a day-to-day working desk. They do exist.  I saw one at the London Loft store in Halifax (Nova Scotia).  It’s purty, but I can’t imagine actually using it as a day-to-day working desk.

]]> By: jimh http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633571 jimh Tue, 22 Jan 2013 02:50:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633571 Nope, it's still very poor quality. The concepts are nice, but the execution is very poor, and it's not furniture that will last very long. Up close, it's very cheap looking. I remember seeing a post here a while back about the desk and chairs made out of aircraft aluminum. I drooled, and then saw one up close. Very disappointing, and very expensive. Buyer beware. Nope, it’s still very poor quality. The concepts are nice, but the execution is very poor, and it’s not furniture that will last very long. Up close, it’s very cheap looking. I remember seeing a post here a while back about the desk and chairs made out of aircraft aluminum. I drooled, and then saw one up close. Very disappointing, and very expensive. Buyer beware.

]]> By: Comedian http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633546 Comedian Tue, 22 Jan 2013 01:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633546 The modern equivalent might be one of the Hardigg Field desks, military shipping containers that open up to form desk drawers while the removable lids serve as desks tops. http://www.pelican.com/case_category_mobile_military.php?CaseType=Mobile%20Office The modern equivalent might be one of the Hardigg Field desks, military shipping containers that open up to form desk drawers while the removable lids serve as desks tops.

http://www.pelican.com/case_category_mobile_military.php?CaseType=Mobile%20Office

]]> By: orangedesperado http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633440 orangedesperado Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:55:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633440 I don't think the age of the article dates the content at all. The bottom line: consumers are seduced by marketing and an aesthetic, and are purchasing furniture that looks nice but is made as cheaply as possible to cut all possible corners/increase the manufacturer's profit margin. I don’t think the age of the article dates the content at all. The bottom line: consumers are seduced by marketing and an aesthetic, and are purchasing furniture that looks nice but is made as cheaply as possible to cut all possible corners/increase the manufacturer’s profit margin.

]]> By: orangedesperado http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633436 orangedesperado Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633436 Yes, several trunks purchased off Craigslist would cost less, and they would be ACTUAL TRUNKS, that are actually antique or vintage that can be used for putting stuff in and on. Furniture made from another thing can be interesting design/innovation, but furniture made from reproductions of another thing is on the slippery slope towards kitsch. I'm thinking of you, desk from the flea market full of new crap, made to look like it was made from giant antique books... Yes, several trunks purchased off Craigslist would cost less, and they would be ACTUAL TRUNKS, that are actually antique or vintage that can be used for putting stuff in and on.

Furniture made from another thing can be interesting design/innovation, but furniture made from reproductions of another thing is on the slippery slope towards kitsch. I’m thinking of you, desk from the flea market full of new crap, made to look like it was made from giant antique books…

]]> By: deejayqueue http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633413 deejayqueue Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:07:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633413  That's great but the article is over 6 years old.  Also, this was during the gilded real estate boom, where people were buying anything that looked fancy and wasn't nailed down to go in their half-million dollar mansions they couldn't afford.  Not to say those companies don't still cut corners, just consider the times and the context.  That’s great but the article is over 6 years old.  Also, this was during the gilded real estate boom, where people were buying anything that looked fancy and wasn’t nailed down to go in their half-million dollar mansions they couldn’t afford. 

Not to say those companies don’t still cut corners, just consider the times and the context.

]]> By: deejayqueue http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633410 deejayqueue Mon, 21 Jan 2013 22:06:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633410 I love the look of this stuff but it's just so expensive. I love the look of this stuff but it’s just so expensive.

]]> By: ChickieD http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633367 ChickieD Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:23:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633367 I've been wanting to buy some good furniture and I like the Pottery Barn/Restoration Hardware aesthetic. But, I looked it up and their stuff is pure crap. I have bought too much cheap stuff in my time to ever spend one more cent on furniture that won't last more than a couple of years. Here's the link to the article about real furniture buildings tearing their stuff apart and analyzing it: http://www.beachbungalowdesigns.com/furnpicts/potterybarnunstuffed2.pdf I’ve been wanting to buy some good furniture and I like the Pottery Barn/Restoration Hardware aesthetic. But, I looked it up and their stuff is pure crap. I have bought too much cheap stuff in my time to ever spend one more cent on furniture that won’t last more than a couple of years. Here’s the link to the article about real furniture buildings tearing their stuff apart and analyzing it:

http://www.beachbungalowdesigns.com/furnpicts/potterybarnunstuffed2.pdf

]]> By: oasisob1 http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633358 oasisob1 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:19:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633358 Our local RH went out of business, and I browsed their during their 70% off sale. Prices were still astronomical, furniture for the 1%. Still, the Aviator Wing collection is just beautiful... http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod280189&categoryId=cat1850023 Our local RH went out of business, and I browsed their during their 70% off sale. Prices were still astronomical, furniture for the 1%. Still, the Aviator Wing collection is just beautiful…
http://www.restorationhardware.com/catalog/product/product.jsp?productId=prod280189&categoryId=cat1850023

]]> By: Eddie Perkins http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633340 Eddie Perkins Mon, 21 Jan 2013 21:03:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633340 I got the same Photoshop disasters vibe off some of the images too. Whether or not that desk actually exists, in the above image it's certainly not sitting on that floor. I got the same Photoshop disasters vibe off some of the images too. Whether or not that desk actually exists, in the above image it’s certainly not sitting on that floor.

]]> By: sigismund http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633284 sigismund Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633284 Here we go... So now you call it Steam Trunk ?  Here we go… So now you call it Steam Trunk ? 

]]> By: Steve Taylor http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633265 Steve Taylor Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633265 You can also get plastic benchtops that look like they're made of real wood. Fake woodgrain and everything! You can also get plastic benchtops that look like they’re made of real wood. Fake woodgrain and everything!

]]> By: Paul Renault http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633266 Paul Renault Mon, 21 Jan 2013 20:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633266 Perfect: they have a store in Cleveland... Perfect: they have a store in Cleveland…

]]> By: salsaman http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633236 salsaman Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:46:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633236 These two photos are suspiciously shoopy... I wonder if they've actually made one of the big desks. These two photos are suspiciously shoopy… I wonder if they’ve actually made one of the big desks.

]]> By: Jack Holmes http://boingboing.net/2013/01/21/furniture-that-looks-like-it.html#comment-1633216 Jack Holmes Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:27:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=206836#comment-1633216 "Titanic fortunes?" Have you seen how much RH furniture costs? It's beautiful, definitely, but jeez. “Titanic fortunes?” Have you seen how much RH furniture costs? It’s beautiful, definitely, but jeez.

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