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SDR
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 Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2004 2:47 pm Post subject: "furnitecture" |
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In Googling this term I find little if anything to challenge my ownership of it; previously it has appeared online, from somewhere in Canada, in the late 1990's. It appeared first under my name on the website CustomFurnitureDesign (San Francisco), in my employee profile, in 1999. Herewith my definitions, as recorded in my sketchbook, July 27, 1990:
fur*ni*tec*ture, n. 1. the science, art, or profession of designing and constructing furniture; see ARCHITECTURE. 2. furniture which refers to, is related to, or is intended to accompany, architecture. 3. furniture which mimics, imitates, or (God forbid) mocks architecture. 4. furniture made of architectural materials, or of recognizable substitutions thereof. 5. furniture which creates an architecture. 6. furniture which attempts to create an architecture. 7. architecture made of, or from, furniture.
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Donald
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 9:44 am Post subject: |
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or maybe it was CJDesign in NYC back in 1981, that came across the word "furnitecture" while designing architecturally based custom cabinetry and seating for a small company called Furnitecture:
http://www.cjdesignnyc.com/profile.htm
And if you're into "Googlewhacking", the two words "furnitecture" and "company" might be considered to be a Googlewhack, as this is the only website that uses the these two words in the google search engine.
http://www.humanities.curtin.edu.au/pdf/acp/Sem1-2004-Folio-6.pdf
.....you too can learn about Googlewhacking, which involves using the Google search engine to find a two word query that results in a solitary result at:
http://www.googlewhack.com/ |
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SDR
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 1:15 pm Post subject: Furnitecture |
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Thank you, Donald, for those useful references -- duly noted. I will seek to determine what ownershop and and/or current usage exists for this (potentially useful?) term.
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LeCorbusier
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 2:35 pm Post subject: |
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And why do we need the word "furnitecture? How does this word
differntiate itself from furniture design? Is this just a shorter version?
I also invented the word Furnistruction
Fur*ni*struct*ion, n. 1. the science, art, or profession of designing and constructing furniture; see ARCHITECTURE. 2. furniture which refers to, is related to, or is intended to accompany, architecture. 3. furniture which mimics, imitates, or (God forbid) mocks architecture. 4. furniture made of architectural materials, or of recognizable substitutions thereof. 5. furniture which creates an architecture. 6. furniture which attempts to create an architecture. 7. architecture made of, or from, furniture.
I also invented Defurnistruction
De*furn*i*struct*ion, n. 1. the science, art, or profession of destroying and deconstructing furniture; see CONSTRUCTION. 2. furniture which refers to, is related to, or is not intended to accompany, architecture. 3. furniture which mimics, imitates, or (God forbid) mocks architecture. 4. furniture not made of architectural materials, or of recognizable substitutions thereof. 5. furniture which recreates an architecture. 6. furniture which does not attempt to create an architecture. 7. architecture made of, or from, furniture.
What do we need? or is this just someones ego trip? |
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Donald
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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or could it be that SDR meant that to be his tongue in cheek "furnitorture":
Fur*ni*torture, n. 1. the tortorturous science, art, or profession of designing and deconstructing furniture; see or email ARCHITORTURE for further definitions. 2. furniture which refers to, is related to, or is intended to accompany, architorture and only meant for the eyes of the American Enterprise Institute, and not for the actions of American Reservists. 3. furniture which mimics, imitates, and (God willing) torturously mocks architecture. 4. furniture made of torturous architectural materials such as - scam rip-off - springs, backing and fabrics, or of recognizable substitutions thereof. 5. furniture which creates an uneasy yet sensitive architorture. 6. architorture made of, or from, furnitorture, making the actions at Abu Ghraib look like child's play. |
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SDR
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 5:11 pm Post subject: |
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You two crack me up -- I think maybe I DID mean "furnitorture," now that you mention it. Tricky business, this coinage of terms. Now, will somebody propose a piece of furniture which "mocks" (some work of) architecture? I admit, as a "frustrated (non)architect," to having introduced wood-product surfaces suggestive of masonry -- without resorting to faux-anything -- into my personal environment, and to proposing the construction of similarly-constructed would-be fireplaces, for those not blessed with actual chimneys, in order to provide at least some of the aesthetic benefits thereof. If such "fakery" is deemed by some as indefensible, or worse, I can only say that, to some, any suggestion of good architecture in their lives would be preferable to none at all. I await your (inevitable?) condemnation. . .
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SDR
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| Posted: Mon Dec 27, 2004 6:19 pm Post subject: Ah-HAH |
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Perhaps, on the other hand, what I propose so scandalously, above, in fact DOES constitute a "mockery" of architecture, thereby fitting said definition (No. 3). Next?!
Happy holidays, again -- SDR |
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LeCorbusier
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| Fake stuff is ok. It can serve a purpose. The truth is generally better. Structurally inconsequential fake stuff has always been with us. At what point do we draw the line? Anything beyond our basic need for shelter is technically superfluous, but as the first caveman sketched that bison on the wall of his cave, decor was born. It is our need as humans to be spiritually lifted, so nail up that fake shutter, flick the switch on that fake fireplace, (we cavemen have come a long way), you might like it but I don't have too. Styles and tastes come and go, I wouldnt give your item a name, it will be too easy for them to dismiss. |
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SDR
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| Posted: Tue Dec 28, 2004 10:00 am Post subject: Thank you |
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That sounds about right. If you want more of discussion re "Real vs Fake," check out the Barcelona Chair thread -- the big one; 40,00+ hits -- over at www.designaddict.com
There are some impassioned "Originalophiles" and "Fakophobes" in the mix. . .
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