Comments on: The Xarxa Chair by Marti GuixĂ© http://www.contemporist.com/2009/06/07/the-xarxa-chair-by-marti-guixe/ Contemporary Modern Architecture Furniture Lighting Interior Design Sat, 11 Feb 2012 21:37:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Zach http://www.contemporist.com/2009/06/07/the-xarxa-chair-by-marti-guixe/#comment-205556 Zach Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:00:27 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4491#comment-205556 I feel ya Lance. This site is full of comments from people who seem to LOVE anything you throw at them. "Here is a white box on a hill. Don't worry, there is the token Eames lounge in the corner, it's designer!" And then the comments on here come flooding out about how AMAZING the white box on a hill is. As for the chair, I agree... there is something interesting about the way this chair can be configured in different ways, but the base and coverings make it look handmade, and not in a good way. The photography doesn't help either and last but not least, the "models" who look like they fell right out of your favorite liberal arts/design program and onto this chair. I feel ya Lance. This site is full of comments from people who seem to LOVE anything you throw at them. “Here is a white box on a hill. Don’t worry, there is the token Eames lounge in the corner, it’s designer!” And then the comments on here come flooding out about how AMAZING the white box on a hill is.

As for the chair, I agree… there is something interesting about the way this chair can be configured in different ways, but the base and coverings make it look handmade, and not in a good way. The photography doesn’t help either and last but not least, the “models” who look like they fell right out of your favorite liberal arts/design program and onto this chair.

]]> By: Lance http://www.contemporist.com/2009/06/07/the-xarxa-chair-by-marti-guixe/#comment-204092 Lance Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:44:45 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4491#comment-204092 Ok, if anyone does zing Zach I'm outta here. :) I made cute comments about the "ugly" chair and incited a firestorm of comments about my stupidity and inability to understand design and how it conveys emotions and.... zzzzzzz.. :) But I guess what comes around goes around... I actually like the concept of the chair, however impractical it would be, you'll never see my using my womb chair ottoman for a kitchen step stool, but whatever works... I like the way the chair hides and holds you in place at the same time and bends in every direction. The base, bleh, but it's got some good ideas that if refined would make it worth whatever exorbitant price I'm sure they're asking. Ok, if anyone does zing Zach I’m outta here. :) I made cute comments about the “ugly” chair and incited a firestorm of comments about my stupidity and inability to understand design and how it conveys emotions and…. zzzzzzz.. :)

But I guess what comes around goes around… I actually like the concept of the chair, however impractical it would be, you’ll never see my using my womb chair ottoman for a kitchen step stool, but whatever works… I like the way the chair hides and holds you in place at the same time and bends in every direction. The base, bleh, but it’s got some good ideas that if refined would make it worth whatever exorbitant price I’m sure they’re asking.

]]> By: Zach http://www.contemporist.com/2009/06/07/the-xarxa-chair-by-marti-guixe/#comment-204018 Zach Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:52:28 +0000 http://www.contemporist.com/?p=4491#comment-204018 Ugh. This looks like student furniture, at best. And who did the Photoshop work on these photos? They only add to the "design student" look and feel of this. Ugh. This looks like student furniture, at best. And who did the Photoshop work on these photos? They only add to the “design student” look and feel of this.

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