Comments on: Upside Down 2 by Floris Wubben http://www.dezeen.com/2011/02/15/upside-down-2-by-floris-wubben/ architecture and design magazine Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:35:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Daisy Pol http://www.dezeen.com/2011/02/15/upside-down-2-by-floris-wubben/comment-page-1/#comment-777496 Daisy Pol Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:55:05 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=116834#comment-777496 how original is that ! how original is that !

]]> By: ono_ http://www.dezeen.com/2011/02/15/upside-down-2-by-floris-wubben/comment-page-1/#comment-716903 ono_ Mon, 07 Mar 2011 16:13:42 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=116834#comment-716903 It's not sustainability i'm talking about, it's respect for the tree, pure and simple. But taking your initial point, no i don't think there is enough "eco-enviro etc.." there is lots of wannabe student half baked projects and marketing driven eco-fakes, not so much the real thing, but believe me i wasn't even going down the eco route with my comment. Fun you say? I say it looks dreadful, not a new idea as a process and it feels like a piece you'd find in a tourist shop in an undeveloped country. Thought provoking? yes it does provoke lots of thoughts from me, none good. That I don't find makes it interesting.. sorry. It's not sustainability i'm talking about, it's respect for the tree, pure and simple.

But taking your initial point, no i don't think there is enough "eco-enviro etc.." there is lots of wannabe student half baked projects and marketing driven eco-fakes, not so much the real thing, but believe me i wasn't even going down the eco route with my comment.

Fun you say? I say it looks dreadful, not a new idea as a process and it feels like a piece you'd find in a tourist shop in an undeveloped country.
Thought provoking? yes it does provoke lots of thoughts from me, none good. That I don't find makes it interesting.. sorry.

]]> By: Guy http://www.dezeen.com/2011/02/15/upside-down-2-by-floris-wubben/comment-page-1/#comment-714416 Guy Thu, 03 Mar 2011 23:09:19 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=116834#comment-714416 You are right but this is what makes it interesting. The world has enough eco-enviro-function-efficient-etc design, this is fun and thought provoking. I doubt the designer will make many, so its useless to apply the same standard of sustainability you would for something mass-produced. You are right but this is what makes it interesting. The world has enough eco-enviro-function-efficient-etc design, this is fun and thought provoking. I doubt the designer will make many, so its useless to apply the same standard of sustainability you would for something mass-produced.

]]> By: ono_ http://www.dezeen.com/2011/02/15/upside-down-2-by-floris-wubben/comment-page-1/#comment-705658 ono_ Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:08:20 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=116834#comment-705658 Agree, hideous, wasteful (materialwise) and personally i think also arrogant to transform a tree in such a capricious way. Compared to traditional chair making, I see it more like torture, like humiliating the tree into its own demise, I know this is pushing it a little, but i do feel that way. Agree, hideous, wasteful (materialwise) and personally i think also arrogant to transform a tree in such a capricious way.
Compared to traditional chair making, I see it more like torture, like humiliating the tree into its own demise, I know this is pushing it a little, but i do feel that way.

]]> By: Hercule Poirot http://www.dezeen.com/2011/02/15/upside-down-2-by-floris-wubben/comment-page-1/#comment-701319 Hercule Poirot Wed, 16 Feb 2011 16:38:06 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=116834#comment-701319 A willow doesn't die from chopping its heaviest branches, indeed. But it is stupid to cut the 'head' ('stoel' in Dutch) of a willow because a lot of little animals - especially birds - find an ideal nesting spot in the cavities on top of the trees. Owl and others find there a perfect place to eat the mouses they catch in the open fields. The knotted willow ('knotwilg') is also an essential and typical element of the cultured landscape of The Netherlands and Flanders. They are disappearing because they ask for a yearly maintenance by indeed cchopping down the branches. A willow doesn't die from chopping its heaviest branches, indeed. But it is stupid to cut the 'head' ('stoel' in Dutch) of a willow because a lot of little animals – especially birds – find an ideal nesting spot in the cavities on top of the trees. Owl and others find there a perfect place to eat the mouses they catch in the open fields. The knotted willow ('knotwilg') is also an essential and typical element of the cultured landscape of The Netherlands and Flanders. They are disappearing because they ask for a yearly maintenance by indeed cchopping down the branches.

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