For one
Wassily chair.

Anything by Panton.
Anything by Panton.

claus?
Classics?

I really can't stand...
I really can't stand Panton's Heart chair or Cone chair.

Haha. I love Platner's...
Haha. I love Platner's chairs ... I want a pair of high back lounges in white leather with brass frames...

No, that's fussy.

Sol Bloom's
Catch All. Too messy no matter what you put in it. Just the name makes me cringe--reminds me of Aunt Edith's pocketbook.

Eames fiberglass chairs. ...
Eames fiberglass chairs. While there are rare moments when my eyes enjoy following the curves of the chairs, I generally loathe them.

In agreement with Gustaf...the Aeron chair isn't great to look at. Have you any of you seen/used the new Embody chair (link below)?
http://hermanmiller.com/CDA/SSA/Product/0,,a10-c440-p271,00l...

I generally like most of the acknowledged classics
but I'm not crazy about chair with delicate looking splayed legs.

As far Nelson, Eames, Platner, Richard Schultz, Florence Knoll, Lewis Butler, Eero Saarinen, Alexander Girard, all of it's great.

All the Panton cone chair variations are hideous. Hideous!
How'd those chairs manage to reach "classic" status, anyway? Here's another Panton clunker-- the less known "C1" (first image).

Of course, no list like this would be complete without a mention of the ghastly Memphis.

The 1980's were the nadir for design. Ooof.

There is a particular

penis shaped vase that keeps popping up at auction at Wright, flesh tone color and all. Total barf. I can't remember the name of the designer, but if you follow the auctions I'm sure a few of you know what vase I'm talking about.

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Platners 1966 wire tables are classic,esp in bronze finish,esp small side table...the wire chairs in same series: UCK.Pantons stuff has its place,little of it what I call classic.

Platners 66 line has been in...
Platners 66 line has been in constant production, now thats quite a feat.Dink vase is amusing...needs a spray of white flowers to complete the look.

eileen gray's chair
eileen gray's chair, except the adjustive table

Don't know if I loathe it
But I sure would never own the Wassily chair. Sooo uncomfortable to me.

fear and loathing in modern classics?
the wassily sure doesn't offer many sitting positions. and it's a visual disorder, too many tubes and leather stripes...

edit: google just gave me this pic. shows how easily a wassily can be fixed

Thanks Whitespike
I knew there was one other chair floating in the back of my head that I disliked - Paulin's Tongue chair. Everything about it - from the form to the name - just makes my skin crawl.

Mmmm tongue.

I think the Wassily chair is size dependent
Everyone in my family that sits in my wassily chairs finds them "surprisingly comfortable". I am 6ft(180cm) tall, so's my hubby, the shortest one in the family is my mum who's 5'10" (177cm). I've a good friend who is only 5ft and she really hates sitting in these chairs. They hit all the worng places on her, whereas they seem to hit the right spots on a taller person. The lower strap of the seatback is actually nice when my lower back is giving me fits. Very supportive.

And to comment on the too many tubes, lines, whatever that some one posted... When you see the chair in a space, it's really more of what is not there that is noticed. They have a surprisingly light appearance when you can see the floor, rugs, etc through them. All in all I like them, but will probably sell them when I move to New Mexico. They were my first big modernist purchase and I've moved on to a softer look now.

And speaking of visually busy...that's what I hate about the Platner pieces, all that wire, so hostile and distracting. Looks like a cage and I am too claustrophobic to enjoy the idea of furniture that entraps.

What is that 80s looking...
What is that 80s looking armchair upholstered in red, blue and yellow? It has these round "ears" on top ... kind of Mickey Mouse-esque ears. They looks to be movable? I hate that thing .... ring a bell?

Ugh. That's it. God, it sucks...
Ugh. That's it. God, it sucks. Wasn't there a less-loungy version ... an armchair?

Oh, no kidding. I guess that...
Oh, no kidding. I guess that is a neat function, but couldn't the function be executed with taste? Boy this thing looked messed up.

Certainly not everyone loves the Saarinen tulip collection
but there's no denying it's importance.

There's really two kinds of 'classics one dislikes' - designs that you think are poorly done or too derivative vs. classics that are nicely done but not to your own taste.

A lot of people are not too keen on Aalto's furniture because he always used bend birch-colored plywood and to some, it's not refined enough. I like it, but I understand why some do not.

But, if I were teaching a course on 20th Century modern iconic furniture, I would have no trouble keeping my own personal tastes out of the curiculum.

the Tulip chairs (I do like t...
the Tulip chairs (I do like the tables) seem too young and full of their own glamour for my tastes.

The armed chair especially I do not like, the flow of material in the seat is too sharp and raw compared to the base, it is smoothed considerably in the fully upholstered versions.

They are a bugger to move around too.

Which Noguchi table are you...
Which Noguchi table are you referring to? Dining? Coffee?

I love Bruno Matthson's chairs, with the exception of the Jetson chair. So it's just the opposite. The Jetson chair is just too, um, Jetsony.

As for Matthson, I'd be hard...
As for Matthson, I'd be hard pressed to find a chair with a classic status I'd dislike more than his 'Pernilla' (this side of the Memphis stuff, of course)...

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