Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 26, 2009, 4:01 pm
A clever designer, Danilo Calvache: He has his own blog and presents a new chair: Jö Chair A new design of chair, looking at an element as simple and elegant everyday. Designed to give a contemporar...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 26, 2009, 10:36 am
Not only in a blue mood but also in a Chinese design mood… Via Antique Spider I found this traditional Chinese Wedding Chair. The bride was taken to her husband’s home sitting on the cha...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 26, 2009, 7:44 am
As I’m in a bit of a blue mood – bit more blueish design here and blue fingers from migrating the site and cleaning it up a bit – here a blue Chinese Chair by Ren Xiaoyu. The chair i...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 26, 2009, 5:33 am
This Hiroshima Chair by Japanese designer Naoto Fukasawa comes from my pile of draft posts I’m trying to clean up now. I’ve more Naoto Fukasawa on the back burner. Via Designboom Hiroshi...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 24, 2009, 6:52 am
Knitting, knotting, stitching, sewing, crochet and lace is all en vogue these days. Dutch designer Frank Winubst has combined crochet with springs and called his creation Springtime. Springtime Chair...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 22, 2009, 4:35 pm
The Magnolia Chair was designed for Artifort by Dutch designer Jacco Bregonje who is based in Milan. According to Bergonje the Magnolia armchair “combines the better of two worlds: design and a...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Nov 19, 2009, 5:39 pm
WordPress Spelling by Lorelle I had fun during the Dutch WordCamp. I learned from Lorelle that you should write WordPress with two capitals and not with 6 like I do in the header of this post. I̵...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Nov 19, 2009, 4:01 am
Usually this is the first post of a new Blog. I’ll leave it here as a reminder to the fact that I changed server and had to migrate  the blog from one server to another server. This didn’...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Nov 18, 2009, 4:29 pm
After I imported the posts of Happy Hotelier from the old server to the new server, this clip of an interview with Robert Pirsig came up as my first draft in my drafts ghetto. Whenever I see or hear ...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Nov 18, 2009, 3:58 am
Hi. I’ve not posted much the last week as I was under the hood moving this blog to another server. It is possible you have seen or will see some hiccups today and tomorrow. If you have comment...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 13, 2009, 5:54 am
I leave this post that comes automatically with a  new WordPress installation as it marks the transition of Chair Blog to a new server.  Mind you: I choose Friday November 13, 2009. But this one we...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 9, 2009, 5:06 pm
A reader pointed me to a page of a site in a language I couldn’t read let it be understand: www2.arnes.si/~sgaler/. Take the url to the Google Translator Page and you get some English out of it,...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 8, 2009, 3:52 pm
Libretto is a chair that proves that contract furniture companies for the hospitality & leisure industry like Classic Furniture Newport Shropshire can provide stylish furniture if they want to. Simil...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 8, 2009, 3:23 pm
Wittmann is an Austrian furniture manufacturer with both modern and classic design in it’s portfolio. At IMM 2009 they presented this Burnham Sofa by Edward Burnham Tuttle. Edward B. Tuttle Ed...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 7, 2009, 3:10 pm
Cantilever Chair MR 20 by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe P R O D U C E R Metallgewerbe Müller P R I C E R A N G E 5000 and more EUR D E S C R I P T I O N Cantilever chair MR20, 1927, Metallgewerbe ...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Nov 6, 2009, 5:53 pm
Philip C Wolf of PhoCusWright What the hell is Moxie? One of the gurus in travel marketing is the very passionate Philip C. Wolf, president and CEO of PhoCusWright, a travel marketing think tank. At...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Nov 5, 2009, 2:14 pm
A rare photo of this photographer in action at WordCampNL. Thank you Henk-Jan Winkeldermaat of PunkMedia.nl, of Flickr | Eventbranche and  @Punkmedia ! General I attended the first ever WordCampNL...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Nov 4, 2009, 4:42 pm
Shortly after the first WordCampNL some WordPress die hards found Lorelle prepared to privately give dome tips and tricks in Rotterdam in what was believed to be the first WP MeetUp of The Netherlands...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Nov 3, 2009, 9:59 am
Mrs Happy Hotelier has the keenest and sharpest eye for details, details and … for details: She nudges me every day: ” Seen that? Repair it! Make it work”. I’m learning every d...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Nov 1, 2009, 7:30 pm
Saturday I attended the first ever Wordcamp in the Netherlands. I couldn’t leave without taking a photo of at least one chair: The Stick Stool by Gerard de Hoop I reported about on May 23, 2007...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Nov 1, 2009, 6:33 pm
I’ve finalized the uploading to Flickr of the photos I took at WordCampNL. I will devote one or two posts to the camp later. For the moment I leave it with posting this slideshow.  The reason I...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Oct 31, 2009, 6:14 pm
This was not the post I had in mind about Tripadvisor. However It shows they are not sitting on their hands clipped from thenextweb.com TripAdvisor To Acquire China’s Second Largest Trave...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Oct 30, 2009, 5:54 pm
Tearing myself apart from the hotel.  After some gentle nudging I’m charging batteries for camera and netbook. Hope to be able to give some coverage tomorrow when I’ll be at the first eve...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 30, 2009, 12:47 am
The logo for Erika’s Blog The nice Polka Dot upholstery fits wonderfully with this 60ies style chair. But also with more dated chair design… A model like this to sell your work will und...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 29, 2009, 10:38 pm
Giovanni Pagnotta, based in Mamaroneck, USA, was so kind to send me photos of some of his projects. Among those his 2496 Carbon Fiber Chaise.Similar Posts: 2496 Carbon Fiber Chaise by Giovanni Pagnot...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 29, 2009, 11:52 am
Another case of happenstance. I come across the Tetris Chair by Gabriel Cañas on Coroflot Portfolio and all of a sudden the more popular design blogs happen having done the same at approximately the ...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 29, 2009, 4:59 am
Schwing is not a typo for showing. Schwing is German for Rocking. This Rocking Stool is designed by Ismail Özalbayrak, a design student at the HfbK Hamburg. It consists of a very light upper part, m...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 29, 2009, 4:27 am
Thanks to to my recent visit to La Suite I can show you my own photo of the Club Outdoor Armchair by Prospero Rasulo for Zanotta. It seems that Prospero is one of those designers who doesn’t lik...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Oct 28, 2009, 4:50 pm
A lonely dancer is outside to welcome the public for the opening of Holland Dance Festival. The 2009 festival is entirely dedicated to the Netherlands Dance Theater’s 50ieth anniversary and Jir...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 28, 2009, 9:41 am
Post Graduate London Royal College of Art design student (still studying) Rich Gilbert asked me to feature his SuperFoam Chair here. I gladly oblige. As an extra the Making of the SuperFoam Chair M...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Oct 28, 2009, 6:46 am
clipped from www.denhaag.nl News € 10,000 to save Panorama Mesdag Adopting a piece of painting Published: 13 October 2009 Modified: 27 October 2009 Deputy Mayor Marieke Bolle handed over a che...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Oct 27, 2009, 4:56 pm
Yesterday, as the first of the 5 or 6 prestigious restaurant guides in The Netherlands, the Dutch version of the Gault Millau Guide presented its 2010 awards and 2010 guide with the best 500 and somet...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 26, 2009, 5:42 pm
Sebastien Wierinck has developped a new puzzle chair which can be put together very simply because of the very precise cutting of the joints.Similar Posts: Panels Chair by Sebastien Wierinck Modèle ...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Oct 25, 2009, 12:51 pm
Via Today an Tomorrow, a blog curated – that’s a cool new term for what I usually do here:-) – by Berlin based Belgian Pieter I found Italian Sculptor Fabio Viale who cut his yacht ...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Oct 25, 2009, 11:39 am
I made one post from two and picked the best 3 of 10 photos from each post about crazy Halloween recipes clipped from www.endlesssimmer.com Top 10 Creepy Halloween Recipes Whitches Fingers Morning...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 25, 2009, 7:55 am
I came across the Classroom Chair at a Phillips de Pury auction earlier. Now NYC based J. Lohman Gallery has one for sale. According to Lohman: Stefan Wewerka “Vertreterstuhl” or “Klassenra...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 25, 2009, 6:34 am
Faraday Chair by Dutch Designer Teun Fleskens Via Teun FleskensSimilar Posts: Faraday Chair by Teun Fleskens Dezeen » Blog Archive » Soft Oak chair by Pepe Heykoop A stick stool, wrap chair, poste...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 24, 2009, 11:59 am
Via Elit ChoiceSimilar Posts: Ready to wear Chair High Heels? Chair Transport Ready to wear Chair High Heels? Post from: Chair Blog
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 24, 2009, 11:00 am
clipped from www.kanyeuniversecity.com Via: superfuture After the Sensory Deprivation Skull Chair by AVL, now one by Vladi RapaportSimilar Posts: Another Skull Chair by Vladi Rapaport Sensory Depri...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 22, 2009, 6:41 pm
clipped from www.decorativecrafts.com 6698 Open crescent-back settee of maple wood in hand-rubbed cherry finish, with carved urn finials and black muslin upholstery; 57 ?” w. x 13 ?” d. ...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 22, 2009, 5:27 pm
clipped from failblog.org Seat Fail Similar Posts: Chair Transport BMXerLife.com » Blog Archive » SNAFU Love Seats A vaseline Chair 3 Chairs Lounge Music A Thonet Chair as a Floor Lamp Chair Tra...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 21, 2009, 5:23 pm
And another happenstance moment. While on my quest to find a replacement of the Scheveningen Beach High Back Chair I find BD Barcelona and they feature the Showtime series by Jaime Hayon with this Hi...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 21, 2009, 10:28 am
From my back burner: Wing Sound Chair by Grant and Mary Featherston, one of the first multi media chairs. Modern Times: The untold story of modernism in Australia was an exhibition at the powerhouse ...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Happy Hotelier - Oct 21, 2009, 7:37 am
clipped from www.dezeen.com Office for Metropolitan Architecture have won a competition to design a new city hall for Rotterdam in the Netherlands. The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), ...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 21, 2009, 6:10 am
According to the Urban Dictionary Happenstance means happening by coincidence, accidentally and unintended. I think it is a nice word and appropriate here: Recently I found the Batlló Bench by Anton...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 21, 2009, 4:29 am
This rare Bazaar Livingscape (or loungescape) by Superstudio, upholstered in synthetic snake-skin, was originally designed in 1968 for a nightclub and was now acquired by a Greek bidder for 24.700 Eur...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 21, 2009, 4:06 am
I like this black against black photo I found at Velocity’s site Another famous chair being reissued: The Norman Cherner Chair. Just like the (grand)children of Edwin Lutyens and Gerrit Rietve...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 20, 2009, 2:34 pm
On another tack: The Lutyens Bench. Everybody will immediately recognize this bench as The Lutyens Bench. Actually it is called the Thakeham Bench. A granddaughter of Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens (1869...
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Happy Hotelier posted an article on Chair Blog - Oct 20, 2009, 11:51 am
Nirvana Chair with stand Nirvana Chair with bride Nirvana Chair with Adrian Thornber Nirvana Chair by Adrian Thornber About Adrian Thornber Sussex, UK based engineer Adrian Thornber worked for ...
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