Comments on: Houdini Chair by Stefan Diez for e15 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/ architecture and design magazine Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:19:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: BB http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/comment-page-1/#comment-310695 BB Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:38:40 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/#comment-310695 Maybe no molds are needed but just 20 claws to hold everything ; must take a lot of hands, time and money... Maybe no molds are needed but just 20 claws to hold everything ; must take a lot of hands, time and money…

]]> By: sdo http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/comment-page-1/#comment-273809 sdo Sat, 30 May 2009 14:00:36 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/#comment-273809 dear mikaël, the ply, not the veneer is bent! Thus not the Eams way. For the production of houdini no molds are needed. dear mikaël, the ply, not the veneer is bent! Thus not the Eams way. For the production of houdini no molds are needed.

]]> By: furniture http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/comment-page-1/#comment-267348 furniture Mon, 18 May 2009 17:03:56 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/#comment-267348 Excellent, brilliant design, the red one is just lovely, I must have one. I like the comcept of her website. Excellent, brilliant design, the red one is just lovely, I must have one.

I like the comcept of her website.

]]> By: mikaël http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/comment-page-1/#comment-266749 mikaël Sat, 16 May 2009 19:33:50 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/#comment-266749 dont get me wrong: these look great and I absolutely love them, but: "made from 4mm thin oak-veneered plywood using an unusual production methodology... Inspired by a technique used in aeroplane model making, two-dimensional plywood slabs are stretched by hand around a complexly milled solid wood ring to form the back" Is there any other way of moulding plywood? isn't that the way the Eames use to make it 70 years ago? What am I missing here? what is unusual about bending veneer around matrices? dont get me wrong: these look great and I absolutely love them, but:
“made from 4mm thin oak-veneered plywood using an unusual production methodology… Inspired by a technique used in aeroplane model making, two-dimensional plywood slabs are stretched by hand around a complexly milled solid wood ring to form the back”

Is there any other way of moulding plywood? isn’t that the way the Eames use to make it 70 years ago? What am I missing here? what is unusual about bending veneer around matrices?

]]> By: kristopher adams http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/comment-page-1/#comment-266147 kristopher adams Fri, 15 May 2009 13:18:42 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/#comment-266147 Huff - Although I was familiar with some of Stefan' work I didn't know who had designed some of these objects. But yes, behind indeed... Huff – Although I was familiar with some of Stefan’ work I didn’t know who had designed some of these objects. But yes, behind indeed…

]]> By: huff http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/comment-page-1/#comment-265921 huff Thu, 14 May 2009 20:33:20 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/#comment-265921 Kristopher if you haven't come across of Stefan Diez yet you are a little behind the eightball. sharp, simple work as always. very nice. Kristopher if you haven’t come across of Stefan Diez yet you are a little behind the eightball.
sharp, simple work as always. very nice.

]]> By: kristopher adams http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/comment-page-1/#comment-265882 kristopher adams Thu, 14 May 2009 15:59:25 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/#comment-265882 I loved these chairs so much that it led to me going through the designers website for over an hour. Incredible stuff and just a really refreshing no nonsense attitude towards design. THUMBS UP! I loved these chairs so much that it led to me going through the designers website for over an hour. Incredible stuff and just a really refreshing no nonsense attitude towards design.

THUMBS UP!

]]> By: Japr http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/comment-page-1/#comment-265851 Japr Thu, 14 May 2009 13:47:44 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/#comment-265851 remarkable. sometimes you can imagine the designer enjoying the developing process of his own research, and this is a prefect example of that. really an old school type of project, one of those that depurate one's eyes. remarkable. sometimes you can imagine the designer enjoying the developing process of his own research, and this is a prefect example of that. really an old school type of project, one of those that depurate one’s eyes.

]]> By: Will http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/comment-page-1/#comment-265817 Will Thu, 14 May 2009 10:49:10 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/#comment-265817 brilliant, a really nice balance of proportion and crisp edges to create a contrast between surface transitions, I want some.... brilliant, a really nice balance of proportion and crisp edges to create a contrast between surface transitions, I want some….

]]> By: phil http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/comment-page-1/#comment-265753 phil Thu, 14 May 2009 05:59:51 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/2009/05/14/houdini-chair-by-stefan-diez-for-e15/#comment-265753 really love it! At first I didn't like the one with armrest, it appeared too familiar. But at a closer look I realized it's just more subtle than the other one really love it! At first I didn’t like the one with armrest, it appeared too familiar. But at a closer look I realized it’s just more subtle than the other one

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