Comments on: Basic Armchair by Lagranja Design http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/04/basic-armchair-by-lagranja-design/ architecture and design magazine Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:51:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Charles Detilleux http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/04/basic-armchair-by-lagranja-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1075956 Charles Detilleux Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:12:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=279588#comment-1075956 It is both exciting and frightening to think that, in the very first days of 2013, we're being presented with a chair that is said to meet today's needs ("How did we get there? It is the purest expression of a need.") being exactly the same as 1951. I can think of two reasons: 1) We've made it! Everything we need has been produced. We're only reproducing ourselves without evolving, therefore no further design is necessary. 2) We reached the point where one may have the guts to actually produce a pure copy of a product and call it a tribute to the same. Lack of culture? Lack of honesty? Everything about a present day design process (cool photo shots, fabrics from "the best collections of the most exclusive firms", blogged on here, exciting article in magazines, hopefully a launching soirée with short but inspiring speech from the designers and so on), everything but an original, useful, meaningful design. Whatever the reason (but I'm thinking 2), this industry is encouraging it and it's sick. It is both exciting and frightening to think that, in the very first days of 2013, we’re being presented with a chair that is said to meet today’s needs (“How did we get there? It is the purest expression of a need.”) being exactly the same as 1951. I can think of two reasons:

1) We’ve made it! Everything we need has been produced. We’re only reproducing ourselves without evolving, therefore no further design is necessary.

2) We reached the point where one may have the guts to actually produce a pure copy of a product and call it a tribute to the same.

Lack of culture? Lack of honesty? Everything about a present day design process (cool photo shots, fabrics from “the best collections of the most exclusive firms”, blogged on here, exciting article in magazines, hopefully a launching soirée with short but inspiring speech from the designers and so on), everything but an original, useful, meaningful design.

Whatever the reason (but I’m thinking 2), this industry is encouraging it and it’s sick.

]]> By: Martin http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/04/basic-armchair-by-lagranja-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1074877 Martin Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:15:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=279588#comment-1074877 Agreed: a poor rendition of a wheel that has already been invented. Agreed: a poor rendition of a wheel that has already been invented.

]]> By: Saenz Carmelo http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/04/basic-armchair-by-lagranja-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1074572 Saenz Carmelo Sun, 06 Jan 2013 11:25:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=279588#comment-1074572 Very similar to another classic armchair by Hans J Wegner: <a href="http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresult--wegner-hans-j-1915-2007-denmar-bukkestol-2-2407711.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresult--wegner-han...</a> Very similar to another classic armchair by Hans J Wegner:
http://www.artvalue.com/auctionresult–wegner-han…

]]> By: pirate-china http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/04/basic-armchair-by-lagranja-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1073767 pirate-china Sat, 05 Jan 2013 11:46:00 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=279588#comment-1073767 Looks quite nice but are my arms that curvy? Doesn't look comfortable for the arms. Looks quite nice but are my arms that curvy? Doesn’t look comfortable for the arms.

]]> By: Colonel Pancake http://www.dezeen.com/2013/01/04/basic-armchair-by-lagranja-design/comment-page-1/#comment-1073413 Colonel Pancake Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:42:10 +0000 http://admin.dezeen.com/?p=279588#comment-1073413 It's not as good as the chairs it's copying. It's not as good as the chairs it's copying.

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