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Gehry bench
I saw these months ago at a public gallery and just saw them online with an attribution.
When I first saw them I did one of those internal sort of eye rolls. Its like he sat down on the toilet one morning and thought he had better squeeze out something Gehry shaped or people might forget what he does.
And they're uncomfortable too but that obvious, anyone here approve and if you do then why?
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Heath (AUS)
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21-Mar-10 |
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I assume
you sat on one ? Looks like it might not be totally uncomfortable. . .
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SDR (USA)
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21-Mar-10 |
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They are
wretchedly uncomfortable. The only thing sort of neat are the tables.
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21-Mar-10 |
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He should shock us with somet...
He should shock us with something simple and elegant. That would be a much nicer compliment to his buildings than a similarly organic, heavy shape such as this.
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22-Mar-10 |
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Couldn't agree more, Whitespike.
The first thing I ever purchased direct from Knoll was a set of these Gehry barstools. I find the simple, light design much more attractive than his bulky plastic patio furniture or his old cardboard stuff... And WAY less boring than his bent-wood chairs and tables.
As usual, it's hard to see any details in my cellphone photo, but the seat and back are faceted aluminum castings vaguely reminiscent of the faceted metal panels in some of his architectural work. The upholstery is leather, sharply creased somehow to match the angles of the facets.
Subtle Gehry-esque details: The left and right sides aren't symmetric (the crossbar on the right is lower than the one on the left), and each side's legs are non-coplanar (the front legs angle slightly out to the sides while the rear legs angle slightly in), so as you walk around it with the natural idea that everything's symmetrical, there's an illusion that all the angles keep changing, and the legs appear almost twisted from some perspectives.
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posted by
fastfwd
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22-Mar-10 |
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I do like these.
He designed a series of benches for the lobby of his IAC bldg. in NYC.
Sculptural and very comfortable.
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