Comments on: Matthew Hilton at 100% Design

By: 1001

1001 — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 05:58:55 +0000

The first one looks like an ugly Eames…

By: José A. Brouzzó Duncan

José A. Brouzzó Duncan — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 22:48:17 +0000

Matthew Hilton,
Congratulations From Puerto Ordaz- Venezuela.
VERY NICE COLLECTIONS.
JBrouzzo.

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:03:56 +0000

Dude,
Matthew HIlton,
Very nice collection. I like!

Much retrospective action going on reminds me of Robin Day.

BRian

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:57:24 +0000

But, as a positive comment, I agree with Jeb that it´s refreshing to see something on Dezeen that doesn´t look like it´s made by Zaha Hadid.

By: Jose

Jose — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:55:17 +0000

I think it looks boring and shows no apparent skill in woodworking. the three legged chair has, as mentioned above, very blunt legs, that matches poorly with the thin seat. And what are those fins on the side for?
The second chair is just a bad copy of Hans J Wegners Classic “Elbow chair”
(CH20)…

Try leaving the computer for i while and work with some real wood, you’d probably learn a thing or two.

By: Jeb

Jeb — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 15:58:35 +0000

i must say this is a very nice collection of furniture, especially since it isn’t as gimmicky as a lot of designer furniture these days, but old fashioned craftmenship.

to trent i must say, if this is the first goodlooking three-legged chair you’ve ever seen, then take a look at this one : the three-legged shell chair, by the recently deceased Hans J. Wegner, designed in 1963.

By: Matthew Hilton

Matthew Hilton — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:59:16 +0000

Thanks for your comments so far…you are an astute bunch of people, when we saw the prototype we felt the same, we decided a couple of weeks ago to develop and refine the junction between the legs and the plywood on the TAPAS chair.

By: zuy

zuy — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 17:25:52 +0000

the swiss designer Patrick Knoch developpe a coffee table with 3 or 4 small tables but not in fracture not broken “arty” trend …
http://www.blog-cdesignbordeaux.com/article-18783495.html

By: El Greco

El Greco — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 23:54:40 +0000

I really like the three-legged chair. Agree with Matty D: connection to seat could be smoother, i.e., the entire chair could be from one piece of plywood. Cut a slit in seat back, bend down to form back leg, etc. Arrange on sheet of plywood for maximum efficiency. Too much waste? Inner layers of plywood can be made of fall off.

By: Matty D

Matty D — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 16:48:24 +0000

So muh thought and work go into the shaping of the seat and chair back in the first photo, but the then it is merely set on three legs. I would like to see a more refined junction between the seat and the legs. Otherwise, his work is very nice, functional, and refined furniture. I find the table particularly intriguing…