Archive through July 27, 2003
TV ClubHouse: ARCHIVES: Big Brother USA 2003 General Discussions Part 1:
All you never wanted to know about BB4 furniture. :
Archive through July 27, 2003
Cliotheleo | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:41 pm     Ok, I've been wanting to start this thread for quite some time. Y'all are welcomed to ignore it and let it slide on down the page, but at least I'll have gotten it out of my system. I'm into mid-century modern/space age/comtemporary design BIG time. At the moment, my butt is rested on a chair shaped like a human hand made out of purple molded plastic. The furnishings in the house this year are right up my alley and some of them are actually historic design elements so I thought you might enjoy a little background information on them. (actually I know you won't, but who cares, see the paragraph above ha ha.) I'll start off with the yellow chairs around the kitchen table. They're most famous to most of you all as what helped get Scott ejected from the house after the threw them, but they're actually icons of modern design and both the Smithsonian and New Your Museum of Modern Art have them as a part of their collection. They are the famous Vernor Panton S-curve chairs, the first chair made of one unit of molded plastic. Mid-centry designers spent YEARS trying to come up with something like that until Panton did so in 1960. So all of you who have ever owned plastic patio furniture have him to thank. If I had the money (they start at around $200 per chair) that would be the chairs I'd have around MY kitchen table ......... only in red so you can imagine how much it PAINED me to learn that Scott was throwing them all over the place. http://retromodern.com/item_detail.asp?2430. Next we'll go outside to the plastic couch and chair on the patio. They're from the "Bubble Club" collection by Phillpe Stark and are a more recent design. I remember the first time I saw these I wondered if they were squishy, like they were made out of foam .......... after seeing them on BB4 I know now they are not. (ouch!) http://retromodern.com/item_detail.asp?3012. The little tables next to the Bubble couch are called Prince Aha table/stools and are by the same designer. http://retromodern.com/item_detail.asp?1371. The chairs in the HOH have a story with them as well, but I'm drawing a blank at the moment. Anyway, last year I got to look at Russel Wright's famous American Modern water pitcher all summer and that made me happy (http://www.goantiques.com/detail,russel-wright-american,200696,html remember that?) now I feel like I've died and gone to retro-heaven! Ok, hope I haven't bored y'all to death, thank you for your time.  |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:44 pm     someone loves furniture!....thanks for the info! |
Mrsjlove | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:44 pm     Cool! I'll put on my "nerd cape" too! LOL! I find that stuff fascinating! |
Seanflynn2003 | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:45 pm     at least there's something classy and classic in the house thanks for sharing Clio |
Delilah | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:45 pm     WOW Clio, that is incredible, I know absolutely nothing about modern furniture and it is really nice to read something pleasant and refreshing, I am starting to get a headache everytime I go into a thread today with all this bickering. Your post is a nice diversion, very interesting and I have learned something new! Bravo!  |
Cliotheleo | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:46 pm     Oh well, looks like my links aren't working. I'm too lazy to fix them. Anyone who's interested enough to pursue the subject can go to http://retromodern.com and do a search for "seating" and you'll find all of that stuff and more. |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:46 pm     oh fine delilah...just for that...I hated that i learned something new and you're silly for thinking that way....ha ha (i'm just kiddn witcha!) |
Iceprincess | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:49 pm     The one thing I have loved about BB is the furniture...Thanks for the info...--sighs-- If I only had the money... |
Delilah | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:50 pm     Cute, nice try! You won't get a fight outta me girl, I like to have fun on this board, I avoid arguments like the plague, life is too serious, I come here to relax.  |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:53 pm     I know..i know...i just don't see them as arguements....I AM having fun tee hee oh and to keep with the subject....i'm not so sure about those yellow chairs....not my fav! |
Costacat | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:55 pm     Hey Clio... are those authentic pieces or reproductions? I cannot imagine BB would spend that kind of money for 13 people to, pretty much, trash. |
Costacat | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:55 pm     Costacat is glad Delilah found a FUN thread, too! Purrrr.... |
Cangaroo | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:56 pm     Dang, and BB ruined all that classic stuff by adding "decorative trash"....and I don't mean more inanimate objects. |
Delilah | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:58 pm     Costa, I ran in here as fast as my legs would carry me! Quick, shut the door before the grumps come in and start yelling at us! |
Cliotheleo | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:58 pm     Cute, if you think the yellow chairs are bad, imagine if THIS was what the eviction nominees had to sit in......
Instead of saying "the hot seat" Julie would be saying "so Dave, what's it like sitting in the big red ouchy ball seat this week?" (And couldn't you just imagine his response! LOL!) Costa ......... I'm assuming those are repros but even THEY start at $200 a chair. The vintage ones are obviously much more but they're also more inclined to break a part (the repros have reinforcing thingies underneath.) |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 08:59 pm     cute wonders if she is a grump |
Mrsjlove | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:00 pm     GAH! I think I need that ball-chair. It looks like it needs to be covered in velcro. |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:00 pm     thats hilarious clio.....that does look incredibly uncomfortable!!!!! |
Cliotheleo | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:01 pm     Yeah ......... but if they'd put the ball chair in the house it would have lasted about four hours before the boys dissected it and threw all the balls over the wall .......... one at a time .......... saving just one ball of course to play ping pong with. |
Delilah | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:02 pm     No! You are too cute to be a grump Clio, now that is awful! :::Shudder:::: The yellow chairs I could live with but that one is hideous! |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:02 pm     the rest would end up over the wall of course! (ed: dang...i need to read people's posts better! I know i just repeated that joke...i'll try to be more origional next time!) |
Delilah | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:04 pm     Hey Clio, you have a purple hand on your a$$, LMAO I just re read your post and caught that - HILARIOUS! |
Seamonkey | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:05 pm     Dave would naturally tell Julie that the red chair give him "ouchy balls".. |
Cute1073 | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:05 pm     what about the beds this year? I'm not sure about that round one...they say it's comfortable but how hard is it to fit sheets on it? (and Yeah delilah! i'm glad, i'll put on my cutest smile! ) |
Delilah | Sunday, July 27, 2003 - 09:06 pm      |
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