Comments on: Float by Benjamin Hubert for Unique Copenhagen http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/float-by-benjamin-hubert-for-unique-copenhagen/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:37:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: filipe http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/float-by-benjamin-hubert-for-unique-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-337067 filipe Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:56:25 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=41727#comment-337067 There are cork lamps - as well as other products - made from Portuguese designers which look batter than this one. Also, the cork used for the agglomerate blocks is not from cork stoppers - it's just not possible to collect so many stoppers - and there is no cork stoppers recycling infrastructure (a small city in the south of Portugal is trying it with a small network starting this year). Besides, cork has many great features that still weren't made possible by synthetic materials and none of these is used here - so what's the point? There are cork lamps – as well as other products – made from Portuguese designers which look batter than this one. Also, the cork used for the agglomerate blocks is not from cork stoppers – it’s just not possible to collect so many stoppers – and there is no cork stoppers recycling infrastructure (a small city in the south of Portugal is trying it with a small network starting this year).
Besides, cork has many great features that still weren’t made possible by synthetic materials and none of these is used here – so what’s the point?

]]> By: hayden http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/float-by-benjamin-hubert-for-unique-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-324171 hayden Mon, 28 Sep 2009 23:21:09 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=41727#comment-324171 No. So whats your plan ? No. So whats your plan ?

]]> By: TheDevilsAdvocate http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/float-by-benjamin-hubert-for-unique-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-323841 TheDevilsAdvocate Sun, 27 Sep 2009 11:19:56 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=41727#comment-323841 Cars.... yes, that's what happens in Cuba. It works. Everyone has the same car parts. The question is, should we keep the human race in unneccessary jobs? Cars…. yes, that’s what happens in Cuba.
It works. Everyone has the same car parts.

The question is, should we keep the human race in unneccessary jobs?

]]> By: Hayden http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/float-by-benjamin-hubert-for-unique-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-323554 Hayden Sat, 26 Sep 2009 01:18:02 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=41727#comment-323554 By that logic then Ninian, we should stop production of all cars and just continue to drive around and fix the ones we have ? By that logic then Ninian, we should stop production of all cars and just continue to drive around and fix the ones we have ?

]]> By: Ninian http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/float-by-benjamin-hubert-for-unique-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-323358 Ninian Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:33:16 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=41727#comment-323358 Because Hayden you have to waste/spend/blah blah more energy when you recycle/change something, rather than simply resusing it in its current form. Because Hayden you have to waste/spend/blah blah more energy when you recycle/change something, rather than simply resusing it in its current form.

]]> By: hayden http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/float-by-benjamin-hubert-for-unique-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-323152 hayden Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:42:56 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=41727#comment-323152 Mike - why does a material have to exist in only its first produced form ? Mike – why does a material have to exist in only its first produced form ?

]]> By: hoohaa http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/float-by-benjamin-hubert-for-unique-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-322907 hoohaa Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:40:38 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=41727#comment-322907 don't know if this is stupid question but when the cork is cut away and fed back into the process, does the texture of the cork get finer and finer. would end up like dust a couple of iterations later. don’t know if this is stupid question but when the cork is cut away and fed back into the process, does the texture of the cork get finer and finer. would end up like dust a couple of iterations later.

]]> By: TheElementGuy http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/float-by-benjamin-hubert-for-unique-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-322733 TheElementGuy Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:11:59 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=41727#comment-322733 I LOVE THESE. I LOVE THESE.

]]> By: hayden http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/float-by-benjamin-hubert-for-unique-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-322678 hayden Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:34:08 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=41727#comment-322678 Fuck - that is just seriously cool ! Fuck – that is just seriously cool !

]]> By: Mike http://www.dezeen.com/2009/09/23/float-by-benjamin-hubert-for-unique-copenhagen/comment-page-1/#comment-322669 Mike Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:58:17 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=41727#comment-322669 If it was from waste cork from wine stoppers, why couldn't they just make more wine stoppers from it?! If it was from waste cork from wine stoppers, why couldn’t they just make more wine stoppers from it?!

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