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Maarten van Severen's LCP: Low Chair Plastic

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Low Lounge. Belgian designer Maarten van Severen designed the LCP for Kartell in 2000. Created with a single piece of molded transparent plastic which spirals around itself, the lounge chair is surprisingly springy. In the collection at MoMA, the LCP embodies the look of Kartell and their use of transparent plastic...

 
 
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Available in four colors at Hive Modern and HighBrow Furniture. Consistently listed for $1974.

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I can only imagine what the pool of sweat would be like after sitting in these beauties for more that 15 minuets. It is good that you put in a link for the cleaning kit as you tell us about this eye candy.

posted by Mason on 2007-07-02 14:10:08
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Love the design but I agree, sticky situations ahead.

posted by HamidZ32 on 2007-07-02 14:39:00
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Hmm, I am also wondering what the view will be like if anyone less than Kate Moss size in proportion sits on one of these wearing, say, a halter top and short shorts. As with those handbags that display your tampon and condom collections to the world, transparency is not always your friend!

posted by eeeck on 2007-07-02 15:51:13
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I'm confused. Is this meant to be an outdoor/beach chair? I assumed it was for indoors, until I got to the comments.

posted by Anne in Chicago on 2007-07-02 16:02:47
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eeeck, exactly. I ate at a cafe with transparent Lucite chairs and even the supermodel types don't look so hot with their bums smooshed up against the plastic.

posted by robyn on 2007-07-02 16:16:05
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I think I must be missing something too. As long as you're not sitting in it naked in the summer, I don't think sweat should be too much of an issue.

posted by Sasha on 2007-07-02 16:17:32
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This is a poor design, very NOT GREEN. It is uncomfortable and difficult to get in and out of if you're not young.

It does indeed embody the "look" of Kartell, plastic crap that sometimes has pleasing lines.

Adding insult to injury, it is extremely expensive, well above $2K with tax.

Just to prove all of this is not enough, it needs its own specialized aerosol cleaner.

Why waste effort posting this object on this blog?

posted by MrGreen on 2007-07-02 17:16:55
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Anne - it is meant for indoor use. I was confused by all the sweat-talk too!

posted by Aaron on 2007-07-02 17:43:33
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"Why waste effort continually complaining about a blog you seem to frequent on a daily basis?" is perhaps a better question.

And, um, so does sustainable bamboo cause less ass-sweat? I'm curious.

posted by patrick (the other one) on 2007-07-02 21:44:08
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If you want to email me and continue this crap one-on-one so everyone else doesn't have to continue to read it, I'm at hatrickdesign at aim dot com. But I'm officially done with it. You win.
posted by patrick (the other one) on 2007-07-01 22:29:12
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posted by MrGreen on 2007-07-02 22:13:47
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MrGreen relax.

posted by Mason on 2007-07-02 22:23:23
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You never emailed. So the war wages on, baby.

posted by patrick (the other one) on 2007-07-02 22:23:36
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