Dining Room Chair Thread

[Aung]

Originally Posted by Douglas

I work in manufacturing. I have a pretty good idea what an aluminum sand casting costs, plus a marble top, and it ain't nearly that much. Why can't they be pumped off an assembly line?

Douglas,
I suspect you are right. A large part of the cachet of these modernist pieces lie in their exclusivity and high price points. Just for our information, can you please tell us what in your estimate will be the raw materials + manufacturing costs for making a Saarinen table? Or a plastic + metal chair like the ones Kartell, Knoll, Vitra, etc make?
Once we have that info, adding royalties, distribution, and ad costs, we can estimate the profits those hi-design companies are making off our backs!

 

[robin]

Originally Posted by Aung

Once we have that info, adding royalties, distribution, and ad costs, we can estimate the profits those hi-design companies are making off our backs!
You'd rather not know...

 

[JacobJacob]

The curved legs on this chair by Finn Juhl is crazy - considered it is mede of wood.

Other pieces by Finn Juhl

 

[bramiro]

Originally Posted by spertia

We started out with Panton chairs, then switched to Bertoia side chairs, then finally settled on some vintage Knoll-edition Mies chairs (but in dark brown leather):

I think we'll be keeping these.
I like this chair a lot. It looked elegant and will fit properly into my dream dining room.

 

[mistahclassiq]

I don't know if they've been mentioned yet as I may have missed them but I LOVE Bertoias.

is the bertoia more of a patio/ outside chair or something? it fits my fat ass well.

 

[mistahclassiq]

what chair is this? is it a breuer cesca chair or is it the panton mentioned above? i don't like the rattan part of the breuer but i like their form..