Comments on: brooklyn designs preview [palo samko]

By: tiptop

tiptop — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 01:33:58 +0000

Anyone have any clue where the leatherlounge chair draws inspiration from? I, for one, acknowledge the obvious influences with some of the chairs but im still taken by the craftsmenship. he also seems to fuse influences from a variety of masters. needless to say, most interested in the recycled looking pieces, quirky pieces…and the lounge chair.

By: LDighera

LDighera — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:09:17 +0000

The chair in the second image does resemble this Maloof piece: http://americanart.si.edu/search/search_artworks1.cfm?StartRow=3&ConID=6166&format=long

By: ozlem ucer

ozlem ucer — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 16:28:00 +0000

Hey There! Palo is a very good friend of mine through work, i worked with him on a couple of projects, he built 4 beautiful kitchens for me in manhattan… he is an excellent guy with really good work ethics. He is very young and very talented. I think it is OK to get inspiration from the masters like Sam Maloof.
I had to put the comment, felt bad for the guy!
Cheers,
Ozlem
http://www.uzumgoz.com

By: jason

jason — Tue, 28 Mar 2006 03:01:00 +0000

To answer Anonymous, Yes to both, being involved and possessing a little knowledge are dangerous dangerous things. too bad all I produce now are numbers, lots and lots of numbers. and yes, I do have a beautiful ‘jason’ version minguren chair, though I could never sell as my own (god forbid the joiner gods reach up and suck out my finger joints)

as for any controversy, ha! wood is beautiful stuff. I think all of these pieces do the felled wood they were cut from proud.

By: susan

susan — Fri, 24 Mar 2006 02:47:00 +0000

these are simply lovely.they are seemingly knock offs and heavily influenced by’s. but there is the craftmanship and quality there.
if anyone has been paying attention lately, most EVERYTHING is a knockoff from exactly 30 years ago … music, art, design, clothing, furniture. it is just harder to accept when a specific artist(san) is nailed. no pun intended – nor disrespect from either side.

By: Design & Space

Design & Space — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:16:00 +0000

There’s definetely controversy here… Don’t know anything about it, but love the pictures and the pieces of furniture!

By: design*sponge

design*sponge — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 21:10:00 +0000

man you guys are getting angry! i’m gonna leave this as the end of this post unless palo samko would like to comment. i think you’ve all made it clear that you think his work is similar to someone else’s and that you prefer the earlier versions. let’s leave it at that without any more “so and so is better than he’ll ever be”. and no, to the anon who tried to comment something totally harsh, i will not allow someone to call another commenter a “douchebag”. lol. if you can’t say your piece without resorting to schoolyard name calling then you seriously need to chill. it’s a chair, just because someone does or doesn’t like it, you don’t need to call them a douchbag or anything else of the sort.

d*s