Sheila (a huge design geek) loves Mies‘s signature chair so much she got a tattoo of it. Apparently a real Barcelona chair costs as much as $2,500, but she can’t afford one. So instead she got this tattoo!
“Now, I technically own one forever!“
By Adrian Sanchez, Incognito Tattoo, Pasadena, CA.
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25 responses to “Design Geek”
Oh.. well If that’s what she likes then good on her!
Personally I dont like the thought of having a chair on my arm forever.. even if it is a designer one!
that chair looks sooo comfy!
I also love her big, natural looking eyebrows. I’m sick of seeing really really thin ones.
I’d like to be made into a leather chair when I die, good to see that she finally got what she wanted, sorta.
Yeahhh iPhone 3G shirt!
(I work at Apple, too.)
damn looks really nice, i also wanted a barcelona chair for a long time, but seen the price the purchase got put on a hold.
to Amber: sat in that chair and it ain’t comfy at all 🙂
I love the look on her face . . . and the tat is just so random!
My dad owns on office furniture company and when I showed him this picture he went; “Oh, good God!”
I got a wee chuckle from his reaction.
I think she should have tried Ikea for a chair that looked like that.
that is a really nice chair 😀
#9
the chairs from ikea look the same but they never sit so comfortable like the real thing.
this is really niffty!
quirky tattoos for people who normaly wouldnt have tattoos. theres nothing better than that.
Umm. Wow.
LOL So funny and cute!
I remember seeing this a long time ago from Nick Baxter. I never knew it was a famous chair, though 🙂
[img]http://www.zhippo.com/DarksideTattooHosted/images/gallery/trevorchair2DST.jpg[/img]
Oooops.
Hmm… looks like any other chair… doesn’t look special… IMO, comfy chairs have arms, and are really deep, and overstuffed, and big enough for me to curl up in.
as soon as she likes it,
i think its great 🙂
score on the fact that you work for apple.
I really like it.
this has been PROBABLY my favorite post on modblog.
it’s so unconventional and goes to show that anyone can get a tattoo. it’s fabulous!
as a fellow design geek, i absolutely love this. and to everyone knocking the barcelona chair, you don’t know what you’re talking about, haha 🙂
thanks for the great compliments everyone! My co-worker took this picture one day at work. So many people ask why, but after I explain, they usually love it.
I also look pretty unmodified in this picture, but I have lots more tattoos, stretched lobes, scarification, and other piercings 🙂
the sleeve from nick baxter is on a local chicago organic jewelry manufacturer named Trevor.
I saw this chick at an In-N-Out in Vegas! we wondered why she would get a chair, lol.