Comments on: Cappellini in Milan http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/ architecture and design magazine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matt Hermes http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/comment-page-1/#comment-197885 Matt Hermes Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:44:15 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/#comment-197885 Reflecting on the NYTimes display of the Cappellini chair: Hinged folding design has been a subject of US Patents on wheelchairs for some time. See Coombs, 1993. As a developer of safe, usable wheelchairs I submit that the cross elements of the Cappelini chair develop serious pinch points with the opening seat in realistic operation. If you sit on a partially open chair and have your fingertip in the wrong place the chair will nip off a finger. Additionally, what prevents the cross arms from swinging in the forward and rear direction outside the seat elements when the chair is folded? By the way, an unprotected center-line hinge has the ability to trap midline body parts if, once again, one sits on an incompletely opened unit. I have done this! Ouch. See US Pat 7232228 for protective design elements in hinged plastic design. Reflecting on the NYTimes display of the Cappellini chair: Hinged folding design has been a subject of US Patents on wheelchairs for some time. See Coombs, 1993. As a developer of safe, usable wheelchairs I submit that the cross elements of the Cappelini chair develop serious pinch points with the opening seat in realistic operation. If you sit on a partially open chair and have your fingertip in the wrong place the chair will nip off a finger. Additionally, what prevents the cross arms from swinging in the forward and rear direction outside the seat elements when the chair is folded? By the way, an unprotected center-line hinge has the ability to trap midline body parts if, once again, one sits on an incompletely opened unit. I have done this! Ouch. See US Pat 7232228 for protective design elements in hinged plastic design.

]]> By: Pants http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/comment-page-1/#comment-168675 Pants Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:36:53 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/#comment-168675 Tiffany, I agree. An extremely uninspiring stand. The quality wasn't far from the graduate show New Designers. Come on Giulio sort it out. Tiffany, I agree. An extremely uninspiring stand. The quality wasn’t far from the graduate show New Designers. Come on Giulio sort it out.

]]> By: Jon Goulder http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/comment-page-1/#comment-147315 Jon Goulder Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:49:07 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/#comment-147315 Adam Goodrum is a designer with a great deal of integrity. I know this because I am a fellow Aussie designer and we work closely together at times. The Stitch chair was a fully resolved prototype back in 2001. There is a mile of publication to prove and support this fact. Adam is one of a few designers who has the guts to be truly original and not follow the fashion thats why he is in the position he is in. Not many people can claim a release with Cappellini in there life time.. But there will always be critics. Adam Goodrum is a designer with a great deal of integrity. I know this because I am a fellow Aussie designer and we work closely together at times. The Stitch chair was a fully resolved prototype back in 2001. There is a mile of publication to prove and support this fact.
Adam is one of a few designers who has the guts to be truly original and not follow the fashion thats why he is in the position he is in. Not many people can claim a release with Cappellini in there life time.. But there will always be critics.

]]> By: Adam Goodrum http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/comment-page-1/#comment-146169 Adam Goodrum Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:43:15 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/#comment-146169 The stitch chair was a fully resolved chair designed many years before the design boom folding chair competition. In seeing Hee Weeling's submission in 03 I immediately got in contact with him as I felt I had been plagiarised. He honourably agreed to stop working on the project. Originality is of the upmost importance to me. Please get your facts straight before jumping to conclusions. The stitch chair was a fully resolved chair designed many years before the design boom folding chair competition. In seeing Hee Weeling’s submission in 03 I immediately got in contact with him as I felt I had been plagiarised. He honourably agreed to stop working on the project. Originality is of the upmost importance to me. Please get your facts straight before jumping to conclusions.

]]> By: phase2phase http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/comment-page-1/#comment-144466 phase2phase Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:34:35 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/#comment-144466 I was at Cappellini, NYC yesterday and fell in love with Adam Goodrum's Stitch Chair, but after finding out it could possible be a "COPY", I must say I'm really disappointed. We need Justice for Hee Weeling from Copenhagen, Denmark! I was at Cappellini, NYC yesterday and fell in love with Adam Goodrum’s Stitch Chair, but after finding out it could possible be a “COPY”, I must say I’m really disappointed. We need Justice for Hee Weeling from Copenhagen, Denmark!

]]> By: John Smith http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/comment-page-1/#comment-126693 John Smith Mon, 19 May 2008 11:19:55 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/#comment-126693 Has anyone seen this? From 2003. http://www.designboom.com/london03/775.html Has anyone seen this? From 2003.

http://www.designboom.com/london03/775.html

]]> By: zuy http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/comment-page-1/#comment-120750 zuy Sun, 04 May 2008 20:09:00 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/#comment-120750 as Starck said ? as Starck said ?

]]> By: tiffany http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/comment-page-1/#comment-120585 tiffany Sun, 04 May 2008 08:09:04 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/#comment-120585 cappellini lost it. Their booth in milan looked like an american furniture store, no taste, no class, no vision. They used to be my heros, now they are dead....... cappellini lost it. Their booth in milan looked like an american furniture store, no taste, no class, no vision. They used to be my heros, now they are dead…….

]]> By: Bonzo http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/comment-page-1/#comment-119625 Bonzo Thu, 01 May 2008 17:41:52 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/#comment-119625 Elle Decoration rubbish. With a bit of "Changing Rooms" thrown in. Elle Decoration rubbish. With a bit of “Changing Rooms” thrown in.

]]> By: lewe http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/comment-page-1/#comment-119090 lewe Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:07:05 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2008/04/29/cappellini-in-milan/#comment-119090 I want the coat stand! its great!!! I want the coat stand! its great!!!

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