The metal insert from inside a Eames shock mount. I had one that was old, cracked and just need to go in the bin.
I chipped away the remains of the rubber and wire brushed the disc, then shot it with flat black paint for the photo
the threaded insert in the middle holds the screw, the outer holes allow the moulded rubber to envelope the disc and give it mass
posted by an obviously bored Zachary.
From New York Times- Arts Beat:
By EVE M. KAHN
One of the largest private archives documenting the mid-20th-century furniture designers Charles and Ray Eames has been withdrawn from an auction scheduled for Thursday because of a lawsuit contesting ownership. The paperwork, which fills more than 100 binders, was to be the top lot at a sale at Wright auction house in Chicago, focused on furniture by the Eameses, known for their mass-produced contoured plywood and fiberglass chairs.
The files were consigned by John and Marilyn Neuhart, design historians in Southern California, who are in their 80s and who had collaborated with the Eameses on exhibitions and books. But on Monday Lucia Eames, the designers’ daughter, filed a lawsuit in an Illinois circuit court asserting that the family owns the material, which includes photos of Eames interiors and showrooms and scripts for corporate-financed movies.
The lot, with an inventory about 60 pages long, was estimated to bring $150,000 to $200,000.
Two weeks before the sale, Lucia Eames’s son Eames Demetrios wrote in an e-mail message that his grandparents had shared paperwork stacks with the Neuharts “with no intention that they become the Neuharts’ personal property.” But when asked March 31 if he would block the sale, he wrote, “It is our understanding that the auction is generally going forward” and he had “no further comment.”
On Tuesday, he referred questions to his lawyer, Andrew D. Manitsky, a partner at Gravel and Shea in Vermont. “We appreciate Wright’s cooperation,” Mr. Manitsky said. “It’s unfortunate that it came to this.”
Richard Wright, the auction house owner, said, “Trying to sell these items with a cloud over the title doesn’t make any sense.” He said he would still offer a four-foot-wide model that the Neuharts built of the Eames office in Venice, Calif. (estimated at $10,000 to $15,000), with tiny calendars posted on cubicle walls.
Herman Miller has just released a new range of the classic shell chair designs in 5 new colours and with 2 new bases!
That rocker base would look so good in my lounge…
http://www.hermanmiller.com/Products/Eames-Molded-Plastic-Chairs
Concerned your chair might get cold feet or doesn’t look classy enough?
Trick it out with these ‘Personality socks”!
http://www.designspray.de/produkt.php?kat=57&id=368&sprache=en&WebsiteId=qde8km05gli28eq2qdmaq7r2n1
Tony sent us a link to what he has just picked up!
Personally I think this is pretty damn cool – especially seeing how it is made.
find the last few on http://etsy.com
http://www.cutoutpaper.com/cutoutpaper.com/Cut_Out_Paper_-_Gallery_1.html
Thanks Tony!
Check out Alex’s Zenith Shell chair!
There is a small crack, so if anyone has any tips on repairing – Im sure Alex would be interested to hear!
http://vintage.creezvotrealbum.com/
Good work Alex!
The pictures simply do not do justice to the view from this incredible set cantilevered constructions, jutting out from the core structure of the house and seeming to hover in space. JCB architects took their inspiration for this twisting, turning and thrusting form from a fallen log with its associated branches.
Source: http://dornob.com/best-deck-ever-contemporary-cantilever-house-design/