On 27 Feb 2005 13:38:06 GMT, Ed Clarke wrote:

On 2005-02-26, Larry Jaques novalidaddress@di wrote:

Let's see what Ed has to say about the other one in the pic I emailed
to him. If he likes that one, send your real email addy to one of us
and we'll send a copy. (I got sick and effin' tired of fighting spam,
pukey ducks, christmas sh*t, and virii in ABPF so I don't frequent it
any longer.)

The Morris version is a much better design. You can see both the Ugly
Liberty Sideboard and the Morris Liberty Sideboard at:

http://www.cilia.org/~clarke/Craftsman

Click on the links. It's easier to compare if you use Firefox and open both
pictures in tabs, or open both in a new window with IE.

The Morris version has a unifying feature with the supports on the side
of the table and the display openings on the top shelf. These pieces seem
to be designed to go together rather than just having a random bookcase
stuck on as an afterthought.


I kind of agree. The Morris version falls under the category of "not in
my house", but I can see some of the features with which some people may
find it esthetically pleasing. The ugly version falls under the category
of "who on earth would want that thing in their house". You hit on a lot
of the things that make the difference, the lack of side supports make the
top on the ugly sideboard "disturbing" while it seems to be a part of the
Morris design.

I'm not sure, but the Ugly version seems to have the base door on the
right opening as in an oven. The hinges are on the bottom? What's that
all about?


That nails another disturbing element; the bottom of the ugly design is
disturbingly assymetric and makes the bottom rail appear to be uneven and
poorly constructed. That more than likely is not the case, but the design
supports the illusion that the bottom rail is not straight.

The round bulls-eye glass in the center door on the Ugly bookcase part
do not seem to be a good feature. You can't see through the bulls-eyes
and there's no light behind them so why even use glass? The 4 over 4
glass on the Morris piece let you use the center as a display cabinet.

I'm not sure if it is the bulls-eye glass that is disturbing so much as
the proportions between the top and bottom shelves, and the short, wide
rectangular dimension of the center door that don't "fit". I'm not sure,
but I'm almost willing to bet that the bulls-eye glass wouldn't look half
bad on the Morris design.

But then what do I know, I'm an engineer commenting on artistic esthetics
:-)

BTW, thanks for posting both pictures, I set up Mozilla in two windows to
let me alternate between them.





+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
The absence of accidents does not mean the presence of safety
Army General Richard Cody
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------+