Knock-off in style » Working chairs http://knockoffs.olya.org Designer furniture knock-offs for the rest of us Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:09:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 discussion of knock-offs http://knockoffs.olya.org/2007/09/22/discussion-of-knock-offs/ http://knockoffs.olya.org/2007/09/22/discussion-of-knock-offs/#comments Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:44:09 +0000 olya http://knockoffs.olya.org/2007/09/22/discussion-of-knock-offs/ Apartment Therapy mentions another knock off – the CB Ripple chair for $249 to Eames Group Management $1298  chair.

The thread is interesting for its articulate discussion of what a knock off is and whether it is a good or a bad thing. My personal stand is that knowingly buying a direct knock off – i.e. an object that purports to be the original is kinda pointless. However, buying “indirect” design – such as the examples in this site which mimic closely but are yet different – is like buying H&M or Forever 21. You know they took ideas from runways; sometimes quite directly (see Gwen Stefani’s L.A.M.B. and Forever 21); but they lack sufficiently in details, quality and price to make themselves a different object.

]]> http://knockoffs.olya.org/2007/09/22/discussion-of-knock-offs/feed/ 0 EXTRA EXTRA – swag leg molded white chair http://knockoffs.olya.org/2007/08/07/extra-extra-swag-leg-molded-white-chair/ http://knockoffs.olya.org/2007/08/07/extra-extra-swag-leg-molded-white-chair/#comments Tue, 07 Aug 2007 14:23:46 +0000 olya http://knockoffs.olya.org/2007/08/07/extra-extra-swag-leg-molded-white-chair/ the new IKEA catalog has brought us (me) some joy. Just can’t wait for this chair to appear in Canada… we have a table that’s a perfect match for it.

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DWR Nelson Swag Leg Armchair $379USD

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IKEA JAKOB Swivel chair with pad $139.00USD

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