Villain Chic
Hollywood villians must shop at the same furniture store. Whenever a set designer for a motion picture needs to portray a particularly vile character as being cold, calculating, or untrustworthy, they always plunk down in their evil lair a few Barcelona chairs offset by a Le Corbusier sofa. I'm not sure what it says about my profile, but if I had the cash I'd be sitting just as pretty as all those psychos.
Truth is, I'm a little bitter. I lost an ebay auction a few years ago on a pair of black 1950s Barcelona chairs from an elderly couple in Miami, FL. They were decades old, well kept, gorgeous. I could have easily sold them for five times what they were asking.
Oh well. One day I'll have an original. Oh yes my little kitty, I WILL! Mmmmuuuaaaahahhahah!!
Comments
Some day I will sit on psychotic furniture as well!
Posted by: josh at February 15, 2002 12:10 AM
"Do you like your quasi-futuristic furniture, Mr. Powers? I designed it myself...."
Dr. Evil had a Hans Wegner Ox chair (a swivel version, no less) - and the rest of the Evil crew at the table seemed to be sitting in high-backed Eames Aluminum Group chairs ;) Similarly, the Marc Newson Gluon chair has made quite a few appearances in underground lairs lately....
Yeah, I know the evil eBay addiction too well...all those lovely 1960s danish teak lovelies, straight out of vintage Bond films and Playboy photoshoots :)
Posted by: AJ Kandy at February 20, 2002 2:41 PM
