3.01.2011

theodore waddell is a fucking genuis

Dude,
it's going to be 
Theodore Waddell Week
here at
MONDOBLOGO.
The guy is a fucking genius.
I was always kinda, sorta 
interested in his most famous design
the
"Tensegrity Table"
Cassina
1973

But man, 
I had no idea until I got his newish 
monograph yesterday how 
severely power he was.

I mean this chair
is great enough,
but it becomes 
GENUIS
when you see it
turns into this:
Seriously Ted,
FUCK YOU!
Are you kidding me?
GENUIS!

Amazing....
His technical drawings are beautiful too.
So simple.
"WHEN CABLE IS LOOSE
STRUCTURE IS LIMP"

Ok,
it's hard to follow that up,
but I had to include these beauties too....
They are called the
"Chairs with Structural Cloth"
and are from 1984.
Here is the 
"concept":
and 
"description":
LOVE IT TED!
I love these drawings... simple and beautiful.

I want one of these.
Theodore, 
gimmie a call.....

6 comments:

  1. Wow. That chair at the top? I'm just marvelling.

    I mean he really had to think that through.

    I don't think I've ever thought anything through that carefully in my entire life.

    He had to do some serious measuring too. Plus it looks awesome.

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  2. it's going to be a good week...

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  3. Oh man, I missed this post and saw it over on Ambitious Project. WTF these are so amazing they are totally making my day!

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  4. I am very late to this but I must know the name of the monograph these are coming from as I MUST HAVE IT...
    great post and thanks!

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  5. terraform, click on the "MORE HERE" link at the bottom of the post....

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  6. ahhh thanks I missed that.
    cheers!

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