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Wall-mounted fireplaces

By Rain Noe - December 11, 2008

in Object Culture

There are timeless designs (see Modernism) and their opposite; if you've ever had the fortune (or misfortune) to walk into a house decorated in the 1970s and untouched since, you've probably marveled at some of the awful design decisions people made during the era, blinded by the aesthetics of the time.

We feel that these wall-mounted fireplaces, if they were to catch on, would not age well and would be abhorred for their tackiness starting, oh, the week after you had them installed. Is it just us?

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steal

16 years ago

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Don't you think that we like fireplaces precisely because they're so un-designy? It's a rustic, primal connection we're after -- the exact opposite effect of these froufrou wall ornaments.
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Tyler

16 years ago

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Yep, the aesthetic of a fireplace is well, the fire. Making the fireplace look like 'fire' is like making the goldfish bowl look like a goldfish.
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Marc

16 years ago

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I have no issue with lifting the fireplace off the floor a little, that seems interesting. Even the odd shape of the actual fireplace is nice. But yes - the excessive flame designs AROUND the fireplace are already making me dislike them.
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Mello

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Agreed. It is very interesting to see the contrast between these designs and the modernist interiors that they are put in. And, for some reason it just feels like they are trying too hard.
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