Comments on: mathieu lehanneur: flood restaurants. http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/mathieu-lehanneur-flood-restaurants/ daily ramblings on advertising, art, culture and design from a self-confessed media geek Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:38:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Sol http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/mathieu-lehanneur-flood-restaurants/#comment-506 Sol Fri, 09 May 2008 02:53:45 +0000 http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/?p=1027#comment-506 I was wondering - instead of coating the chairs with PVC (and yes, offgas) to complement the minimalistic-clean feel, why don't the designer incorporate a 'green' concept instead? Chairs, walls and lampshades made of recycled wood/biodegradable stuff, perhaps with a little bit of greenery (<i>real</i> plants, please)? Experimental creativity is one thing, definitely. But if it beats the original purpose... I was wondering - instead of coating the chairs with PVC (and yes, offgas) to complement the minimalistic-clean feel, why don’t the designer incorporate a ‘green’ concept instead? Chairs, walls and lampshades made of recycled wood/biodegradable stuff, perhaps with a little bit of greenery (real plants, please)?

Experimental creativity is one thing, definitely. But if it beats the original purpose…

]]> By: chris edmunds http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/mathieu-lehanneur-flood-restaurants/#comment-505 chris edmunds Fri, 09 May 2008 00:06:31 +0000 http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/?p=1027#comment-505 f*** it - it looks great, warrants discussion, feels new and puts into geaer new thought processes towards the way we think about spaces and the environments we inhabit. if one says it doesn't feel 'restaurant' in my mind it has succeeded, experiential creativity rocks. f*** it - it looks great, warrants discussion, feels new and puts into geaer new thought processes towards the way we think about spaces and the environments we inhabit.

if one says it doesn’t feel ‘restaurant’ in my mind it has succeeded, experiential creativity rocks.

]]> By: iptydafu http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/mathieu-lehanneur-flood-restaurants/#comment-504 iptydafu Thu, 08 May 2008 22:42:56 +0000 http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/?p=1027#comment-504 dipping the furniture is fine for the wet-look, but the high-traction of PVC is going to see a lot of irate customers who wind up with their skirts in the air or their trousers wedged fantastically up their ass when they attempt to slide off dipping the furniture is fine for the wet-look, but the high-traction of PVC is going to see a lot of irate customers who wind up with their skirts in the air or their trousers wedged fantastically up their ass when they attempt to slide off

]]> By: Frogsmoke.com - Behind The Gallic Fumes http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/mathieu-lehanneur-flood-restaurants/#comment-500 Frogsmoke.com - Behind The Gallic Fumes Thu, 08 May 2008 07:57:56 +0000 http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/?p=1027#comment-500 [...] From Shape+Colour | Via NotCot | Matthieu Lehanneur website (Flash) [...] [...] From Shape+Colour | Via NotCot | Matthieu Lehanneur website (Flash) [...]

]]> By: A.Ho http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/mathieu-lehanneur-flood-restaurants/#comment-499 A.Ho Thu, 08 May 2008 02:37:24 +0000 http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/?p=1027#comment-499 Like the design, but not sure if it matches a "restaurant".... Like the design, but not sure if it matches a “restaurant”….

]]> By: Jayson http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/mathieu-lehanneur-flood-restaurants/#comment-498 Jayson Thu, 08 May 2008 00:08:51 +0000 http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/?p=1027#comment-498 quote: "see to improving the environment of the very atmosphere inside the space" just the inside sapce... isnt that abit shallow? did they calculate the VOC offset by the pvc? or did they coat them wif sth else quote:
“see to improving the environment of the very atmosphere inside the space”

just the inside sapce…
isnt that abit shallow?

did they calculate the VOC offset by the pvc? or did they coat them wif sth else

]]> By: eric http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/mathieu-lehanneur-flood-restaurants/#comment-496 eric Wed, 07 May 2008 20:06:07 +0000 http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/?p=1027#comment-496 pvc offgas for sure. also algae releases alot more than just o2, although i do sort of like the concept pvc offgas for sure. also algae releases alot more than just o2, although i do sort of like the concept

]]> By: shadovitz http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/05/07/mathieu-lehanneur-flood-restaurants/#comment-495 shadovitz Wed, 07 May 2008 19:36:26 +0000 http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/?p=1027#comment-495 pvc offgas vs algae, who will win? pvc offgas vs algae, who will win?

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