Comments on: Kiasma chair by Vesa Honkonen http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/12/kiasma-chair-by-vesa-honkonen/ architecture and design magazine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: fvale http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/12/kiasma-chair-by-vesa-honkonen/comment-page-1/#comment-85902 fvale Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:33:51 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/12/kiasma-chair-by-vesa-honkonen/#comment-85902 "IKEA connotations, senseless corporate flunkiness, vapid stylisation, regardless of cartoon wit justification." eheh you're funny :) “IKEA connotations, senseless corporate flunkiness, vapid stylisation, regardless of cartoon wit justification.” eheh you’re funny :)

]]> By: Jimmy http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/12/kiasma-chair-by-vesa-honkonen/comment-page-1/#comment-85810 Jimmy Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:35:42 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/12/kiasma-chair-by-vesa-honkonen/#comment-85810 This is a poor piece of design, absolutely charmless - wh acid green acrylic and tubular steel? It immediately defaults to IKEA connotations, senseless corporate flunkiness, vapid stylisation, regardless of cartoon wit justification. This is a poor piece of design, absolutely charmless – wh acid green acrylic and tubular steel? It immediately defaults to IKEA connotations, senseless corporate flunkiness, vapid stylisation, regardless of cartoon wit justification.

]]> By: fvale http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/12/kiasma-chair-by-vesa-honkonen/comment-page-1/#comment-85772 fvale Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:53:10 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/12/kiasma-chair-by-vesa-honkonen/#comment-85772 this is design. this is design.

]]> By: kur0yi http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/12/kiasma-chair-by-vesa-honkonen/comment-page-1/#comment-85766 kur0yi Tue, 12 Feb 2008 19:33:06 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/12/kiasma-chair-by-vesa-honkonen/#comment-85766 the emptiness entered my head. seriously, i do not understand it. as a design student, maybe the student and its teacher find reason in the developement process. but as anything that is released into public as a product to use like those chairs, noone will ever see more than some plastic/metal chairs that he by style likes or doesnt, and maybe finds practical or not. or am i wrong? how should anyone read what is "behind the form, the origin telling the story"? and most times, why should he., exept if he finds the product so amazing he want to know it. strange justifications .. the emptiness entered my head. seriously, i do not understand it. as a design student, maybe the student and its teacher find reason in the developement process. but as anything that is released into public as a product to use like those chairs, noone will ever see more than some plastic/metal chairs that he by style likes or doesnt, and maybe finds practical or not. or am i wrong? how should anyone read what is “behind the form, the origin telling the story”? and most times, why should he., exept if he finds the product so amazing he want to know it.

strange justifications ..

]]> By: eyeontheworld http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/12/kiasma-chair-by-vesa-honkonen/comment-page-1/#comment-85736 eyeontheworld Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:45:37 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/02/12/kiasma-chair-by-vesa-honkonen/#comment-85736 A reputation is something on which to rely and to be relied upon. Sadly in this instance I feel, it has been a let down. The current Kiasma cafe chair is a bold, feminine statement in simplistic design. A soft pastel green seat, allowing an almost frosted glaze of ambient light to pass through when positioned correctly, wraps snugly around tapering, angular legs. The chair induces a near compulsive desire to sit, to feel the contours of the chair against the back of the leg, its erogenous in its make up. Initially subtle and understated within its environment, its cult status is a direct result of its functionality through exquisite design. In order to update a classic, one need to appreciate the original as it was and not what it went on to become. The modern version is harsh, lacking in overall uniqueness and competes too dramatically with its soon to be surroundings. Advice can, and often is a dangerous thing when given too freely, this is a prime example. “Light passing through the chairs is important”, agreed it helps create the perception of space, can assists in blending a piece with its immediate surroundings, while also highlighting its function. This is too acidic, too commercial, more importantly it fails to pickup on and extenuate the design attributes of the space its in. A reputation is something on which to rely and to be relied upon. Sadly in this instance I feel, it has been a let down.
The current Kiasma cafe chair is a bold, feminine statement in simplistic design. A soft pastel green seat, allowing an almost frosted glaze of ambient light to pass through when positioned correctly, wraps snugly around tapering, angular legs. The chair induces a near compulsive desire to sit, to feel the contours of the chair against the back of the leg, its erogenous in its make up. Initially subtle and understated within its environment, its cult status is a direct result of its functionality through exquisite design.
In order to update a classic, one need to appreciate the original as it was and not what it went on to become.
The modern version is harsh, lacking in overall uniqueness and competes too dramatically with its soon to be surroundings. Advice can, and often is a dangerous thing when given too freely, this is a prime example. “Light passing through the chairs is important”, agreed it helps create the perception of space, can assists in blending a piece with its immediate surroundings, while also highlighting its function.
This is too acidic, too commercial, more importantly it fails to pickup on and extenuate the design attributes of the space its in.

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