Not a whole lot of info on this one as the page is in Japanese, but Wakui Works has some nice shots from 1960’s Japan featuring Eames / Herman Miller furniture in it’s natural habitat. Whenever I see shots like these I imagine the lucky people who found all this discarded in an alley somewhere around 1994.
Eames in Japan
07.17.2011
Has anyone ever sat in an easmes chair? They look beautiful, but i’m curious about whether or not they are comfortable.
@kesu I do have an Eames rocker chair and while on first looks it doesn’t seem comfortable it is surprinsingly so. There’s something about the hight and shape that makes it perfectly ergonomic despite the hard plastic materials, you can just sit on it for hours.
@kesu I’ve got one of those lounge chairs, and let me tell you: you can spend days in them.
Anybody ever seen the sofa in that last shot, or know anything about it? I’ve never been excited about Eames’ sofas in the past, but that one’s beautiful.
@KESU I’ve sat in several Eames chairs. All of which I very much enjoyed.
I’m really feeling the couch on the left in this photo: https://blog.iso50.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/sumishou-yagumo-2-2.jpeg
@Shelby Don’t know the name of the couch in that pic but it surely reminds me of my tufty time I’m sitting on right now. You can even get the exact color from that pic. I know it is not the same but dimensions and color are pretty close.
This is entirely lovely. Great shots scott
@KESU
I own 2 genuine Eames molded chairs and I can say without a doubt that they’re very comfortable despite being made out of what feels like flexible plastic.
The texture is slightly grained, soft to touch, and a bit pliable so it flexes to your body. The placement of the arm rests is surprisingly accurate to where they should be as well.
a pic of the pair: http://monospectra.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/room.jpg
I highly recommend the investment :]… since the design is timeless, if you ever are in a pinch for cash and need to get rid of them, you can easily sell them for over 1/2 of what you originally paid for them.
whenever i see photos like these, i always try to imagine that the spaces in which are involved, are in fact, still the same. so if i walked right in today it would be empty, abandoned
, and exactly the same
Thanks for the reply guys. Time to save up :]
btw drew, i like your place.
Connor, that is not a sofa in the last shot but a 3 wide set of Tandem seating, originally designed for O’hare airport.
What makes you think that the Japanese are stupid enough to “discard” these gems in a back alley?
🙂
Thanks Scott
to answer the first question, i curl up in that chair almost every day, and it’s lovely. thanks for these pictures 🙂
Great images, so classic. I sit in the Eames office chair, similar to the ones in the last pic. Got it at http://www.inmod.com