Comments on: SIRE glasses by Aekae http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/18/sire-glasses-by-aekae/ architecture and design magazine Tue, 21 May 2013 15:54:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Lefty Limbo http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/18/sire-glasses-by-aekae/comment-page-1/#comment-871792 Lefty Limbo Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:52:07 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=40733#comment-871792 Great use of a natural product which would otherwise just decompose into dust, IMO. I love animals too, so believe me when I first visited SIRE's website I was shocked; then I realized they used it after the buffalo is deceased. Or so they say ;) The greatest aspect to the glasses though is the handmade craftsmanship which makes every pair unique. I saw the process on SIRE's gallery and it's pretty damn impressive. They've gotta be $$$ I bet. Well I do have a friend in Switzerland so I'll ask him how much they are. =) Great use of a natural product which would otherwise just decompose into dust, IMO. I love animals too, so believe me when I first visited SIRE's website I was shocked; then I realized they used it after the buffalo is deceased. Or so they say ;)

The greatest aspect to the glasses though is the handmade craftsmanship which makes every pair unique. I saw the process on SIRE's gallery and it's pretty damn impressive. They've gotta be $$$ I bet. Well I do have a friend in Switzerland so I'll ask him how much they are. =)

]]> By: Paul Tinsley http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/18/sire-glasses-by-aekae/comment-page-1/#comment-857934 Paul Tinsley Mon, 12 Sep 2011 06:41:39 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=40733#comment-857934 Knee jerkers read this........... <a href="http://.http://www.the-sire.com/?ctrl=basiccontent&id=17" rel="nofollow">.http://www.the-sire.com/?ctrl=basiccontent&id=17</a> The horn is used once the animal has passed! Not really like skinning a Mink is it!! Knee jerkers read this……….. .http://www.the-sire.com/?ctrl=basiccontent&id=17
The horn is used once the animal has passed!
Not really like skinning a Mink is it!!

]]> By: sydb http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/18/sire-glasses-by-aekae/comment-page-1/#comment-324804 sydb Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:49:08 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=40733#comment-324804 i almost had a heart attack when i saw this on the web... but wen i read through it it wasnt so bad... beautiful glasses and shape. i almost had a heart attack when i saw this on the web… but wen i read through it it wasnt so bad… beautiful glasses and shape.

]]> By: Sr_Chipicao http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/18/sire-glasses-by-aekae/comment-page-1/#comment-324645 Sr_Chipicao Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:06:12 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=40733#comment-324645 After reading the designer's text, and with a little thinking, i like it! The fact is buffalos are procreating regularly, and they're dead when extracting the horns is in fact better than encouraging the use of plastics anywhere. The fact that they're made by skilled craftmen, makes it more expensive, (which in this case it's good) and employ's workers who's technique is being forgotten. Just one thing worrying me: If this becames fashion, alive buffalo's will their horns being removed against their will, exhaustively, and skilled craftsman will lose their jobs que not-so-skilled chinese or indian slaves! After reading the designer’s text, and with a little thinking, i like it! The fact is buffalos are procreating regularly, and they’re dead when extracting the
horns is in fact better than encouraging the use of plastics anywhere.

The fact that they’re made by skilled craftmen, makes it more expensive, (which in this case it’s good) and employ’s workers who’s technique is being forgotten.

Just one thing worrying me: If this becames fashion, alive buffalo’s will their horns being removed against their will, exhaustively, and skilled craftsman will lose their jobs que not-so-skilled chinese or indian slaves!

]]> By: Oioiman http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/18/sire-glasses-by-aekae/comment-page-1/#comment-324578 Oioiman Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:48:21 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=40733#comment-324578 Superb design and utilization of a natural product. That said, I tire of the minset of the crowd screaming bloody murder about the usage of water buffalo horns. This is the same crowd screaming for the "greening" of most product production, bleating on and on about globa warming- (OOOPS global CLIMATE CHANGE, now that the sunspot activity has subsided and temperatures are going down) the elimination of synthetics, and many times demanding a substantial de-industrialiaztion of the last 300 + years. Well, boys and girls, if you follow this hyprocrisy-laden paradigm, do you thnik you will arrive at? Yess-a, 300 year old and older usage of NATURAL resources such as water buffaflo, an animal who the older it gets, grows a larger horn. Please, spare me your pontifications, and but a logic book, for your arguments do not hold up to even the most cursory of inspections. True Luddites would welcome this base material. Superb design and utilization of a natural product. That said, I tire of the minset of the crowd screaming bloody murder about the usage of water buffalo horns. This is the same crowd screaming for the “greening” of most product production, bleating on and on about globa warming- (OOOPS global CLIMATE CHANGE, now that the sunspot activity has subsided and temperatures are going down) the elimination of synthetics, and many times demanding a substantial de-industrialiaztion of the last 300 + years. Well, boys and girls, if you follow this hyprocrisy-laden paradigm, do you thnik you will arrive at? Yess-a, 300 year old and older usage of NATURAL resources such as water buffaflo, an animal who the older it gets, grows a larger horn. Please, spare me your pontifications, and but a logic book, for your arguments do not hold up to even the most cursory of inspections. True Luddites would welcome this base material.

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