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Anyone else collect modern furniture?

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  1. lesterm

    lesterm Formula Junior

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    Modern furniture is a little obsession of mine. After college, I found myself with my own home, and the need to buy furniture. At first, I bought the bulk of my stuff from Crate & Barrel, and similar stores. One day, however, I frequented a local specialty store that sold high-end Italian furniture like B&B Italia, Cassina, Cappellini, etc. Needless to say, my furniture budget spiraled out of control quickly. Considering this is F-chat, I'm sure other people have a love for Italian design ;) Does this also extend to furniture for many of you?
     
  2. moretti124guy

    moretti124guy Formula Junior

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    I like to collect mostly vintage 50's and 60's Modern
     
  3. scot993

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    I am a fan of Minotti, Knoll and Herman Miller for the home.
     
  4. a8guy

    a8guy Formula Junior

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    if I wasn't poor this is something I would be doing.
    Have a design within reach down the street
     
  5. TG

    TG F1 Veteran

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    How extensive is your collection?
     
  6. Prancing 12

    Prancing 12 F1 Rookie
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    Where are the pics people?! :D
     
  7. mcg

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  10. b-mak

    b-mak F1 Veteran

    Beautiful stuff, Andy.

    Mostly Eames here.
     
  11. moretti124guy

    moretti124guy Formula Junior

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    Dining room, den, just started really going room by room as I find stuff here and there, type Eames in ebay and you may find me bidding on it. I am planning on moving so I have been find furniture before I find the place I plan on putting it.
     
  12. Rubi

    Rubi Formula Junior

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    I'm in the furniture business (if you can call it a business these daze) and have acquired stuff from all over. I have a 70s-era Eames lounge in rosewood (dumb that they quit making it that way. Vitra makes it in Germany in rosewood--they're licensed for the Eames pieces in Europe like HM is here) Mies Barcelona table and Brno chairs and a pony skin Corbu lounge. I need to find 4 Cab chairs from Cassina. As far as interior design I like eclectic stuff so the rest of the house is a mish-mash but it works pretty well.
     
  13. wetpet

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    just started myself. have a couple allan gould string chairs from the 50's, florence knoll bench from the 60's, and some more contemporary philip stark chairs. all original vintage. my gould string chairs still have the original finish and string from 1952. Still need a couple barcelona chairs and a LE CORBUSIER couch. also plan on getting a couple platner tables.

    here are some links if you are interested, past my photo limit.

    http://www.objectsusa.com/images/Gallery/OtherItems/gould_chair.htm

    http://www.designicons.co.uk/img/products/Philippe-Starck-Costes-Chair-1271-1.jpg

    http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bonluxat.com/cmsense/data/uploads/orig/Florence_Knoll_Bench_7r7.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bonluxat.com/a/Florence_Knoll_Bench.html&usg=__s6_kB7-rlhnOcSPBkn8a2dJD6Nk=&h=330&w=330&sz=10&hl=en&start=4&um=1&tbnid=d2HZLbM1a4Z3_M:&tbnh=119&tbnw=119&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dflorence%2Bknoll%2Bbench%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26channel%3Ds%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:eek:fficial%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1
     
  14. Michiel Mobiel

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    Big fan of Raymond Loewy
     
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  20. beepx2

    beepx2 Formula 3

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    I have a collection of 20th century design classic chairs and objects which I started when in design school.

    Eames leg splint
    Olivetti valentine typewriter
    Eames bucket chair with rocker base
    Saarinnen Knoll tulip chair
    Mies Cantilever chair, cane seat, no arms
    Eames aluminum group office chair
    Bertoia side chairs, chrome
    Breuer cane-seat dining chair with arms (black)
    Wassily chairs knock-off :(
    I don't use them as much as I used to, but I admire them all.
     
  21. norcal2

    norcal2 F1 Veteran

    Im looking for a few pieces of ib koford Larsen furniture, to match a few pieces I have Im not having much luck in the US is there any places in Sweden/Denmark/Europe that might have a better selection? thx..
     
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  23. darth550

    darth550 Six Time F1 World Champ
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    Interestingly enough, we have purchased a lot of Deco modern furniture from a place here in LA called Atmosphere Interiors, owned by a man named Ib. Very good quality and we always get compliments.

    Modern & Contemporary Furniture for Home or Office, Los Angeles
     
  24. norcal2

    norcal2 F1 Veteran

    Thanks for the sites..it may take me years to find matches and pieces its always fun looking!
     

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