It's the Remix: Avarte Nietos vs Knoll Saarinen

I'm always a bit wary when I hear "the remix." For example, when one of my coworkers sent me Fergie's version of the Heart classic, "Barracuda," I cringed before listening to it. (It's meh. To be fair, Fergie does a decent job with the cover, but it's hard to beat the Wilson sisters.) Anyway, for the past few months, I've been hunting for vintage Knoll Saarinen Executive chairs (and coming up short), which led me to try and find similar-looking chairs without being total knock-offs (of which there really are none for this particular chair. And if there are, please link me)...

So when I stumbled upon this chair (on the left) from the design group Avarte, I was struck by how similar the shape of this chair was to the Knoll Saarinen. Except...I'm not really into it. Based solely on looks, it seems a wee bit uncomfortable and less...inviting? Thoughts? -Grace

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I think the legs, and grey (which I am generally not opposed to) fabric make it look like something in a waiting room.

I can't comment on the barracuda cover as I didn't even know she did one. Hmm. Now you have me curious.

posted by coutina1227 on August 1st 2007 at 9:45am
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I second the waiting room theory.

posted by becster on August 1st 2007 at 10:09am
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The metal legs look like office furniture.

posted by LaDonnaNichole on August 1st 2007 at 3:34pm
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I'm not a fan either. There's no warmth to it. Looks like it's trying to be futuristic.

I'm feeling lucky. . .I recently stumbled into 2 vintage Saarinen executive chairs and snatched them up!

posted by jss on August 6th 2007 at 8:12am
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Here's the chair in blue for auction on ebay. It ends August 10th so you have to hurry!

http://cgi.ebay.com/KNOLL-Danish-Modern-CHAIR-Eames-Era-WOOD-LEGS-Saarinen_W0QQitemZ270151737698QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item270151737698

posted by babibi on August 7th 2007 at 1:05am
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