I actually like the look of these rooms. Could I live with it every day? Uncertain, but it'd be a nice - if expensive - experiment. They both have the tidy formality of a doctor's office, even ignoring the fact that all surfaces rinse easily free of blood and pools of flop sweat.
By contrast, if you crack open a grocery aisle magazine offering a complete redesign of your house, you'll see everything covered with clutter and fabric curled into bows. Also, you'll see nothing that a guy can use: no tool rooms or slop sinks. Just mountains of beige pillows and cubic meters of foofy stuff piled on top of the curtain rods. I have a feeling that, in the fullness of time, that's how "the look of the 2000's" will be remembered: clutter and lint production. So, this ad looks refreshingly tidy, and it's over forty years old.
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The seat cushions are all covered with something called "Breathable Naugahyde". Nice try, guys. Since when has any Nauga- product failed to stick to your ass when you stand up? Notice that both of the designers are proudly STANDING in the rooms they created. The Margaret Thatcher lady cleverly had that green couch screwed to the floor so it wouldn't need to be repositioned every time you got up off of it.
Also, don't miss the door in the bottom picture covered with "U.S. Naugawall". Clearly, these are two products that really caught on, which is why everyone you know is still talking about them. If Naugahyde was so damn breathable, I wonder if Mr. Nauga (the presumed CEO of U.S. Rubber), had a Naugahyde suit custom made for his comfort?
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Floor in that blue room DOES look like they just hosed down the place. But then both rooms look more like sets shot in the studio than actual dwelling spaces.
I do have fondness for the "Danish Modern" chairs, though. Just the chairs. Just the chairs.
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