Pantone branded folding chairs | How About Orange

October 15, 2010

Pantone branded folding chairs

A little graphic designerly eye candy for Friday: Judy alerted me to these Pantone folding chairs designed by Selab Studio for Seletti, just one more item in Pantone's ever-expanding product line. (Available at many retailers, including Heliotrope or Broadway Paper.) I love them dearly! Just one question: where's the orange?

22 comments:

Melanie's Randomness said...

Oh they're pretty!!!

Michele said...

Oh, I want some! Yeah, where's the orange?

Unknown said...

Love, love, LOVE them! And yes - that is a good question!

~Chelsea

Isabella Kiss said...

those are pretty sweet!

Grandma G said...

Gee, too bad they don't have orange, or I'd have gotten you a set of every color for Christmas.

Mum/ha!

Bethany said...

Maybe they haven't considered it, haha.

Piper said...

Hey Jessica, I have a blogging question. I often find great design images or product images at various websites that I want to post on my blog for my readers to see. If I always link back (saying where I got the pic) is it ok to take without asking? Does anyone actually contact people asking to use images for that is essentially free advertising?
For example, you found these great chairs and borrowed the pic for your blog. What's the process that goes on there?

Jen said...

These are so neat!

Anonymous said...

They colored them in CMYK and RGB... except B looks more like P(urple)!

Neat though.

Jessica Jones said...

Piper, you can read this if you want.

My take on it is this: Using a copyrighted image falls under Fair Use if you are reporting something as news or commenting on it from your own perspective.

Most product photos like this one come originally from the companies' own press kits, which they send out all over the place in hopes that the media will show off their stuff and get people to buy it. Credit the company, and they'll likely be very happy for the post. Seems like the convention in blog land is that it's okay to use product or marketing photos without seeking permission, as long as you say what it's of/where it came from.

Good question. "Fair use" is murky, but in reality, no one's going to sue you for helping them sell things. Worst case, they'll ask you to take down the picture.

Piper said...

Thanks! I'm learning all I can. I'll read it!

Amanda at 32˙North said...

Now these are out of sight cool! I just saw some mugs the other day in the Dick Blick catalog.

Detailing Life said...

Oh, these are some great chairs! I love the idea to put them on the wall, wish I had space enough to do that too!

EG said...

These would be really fun for an ad agency.

on your bike sunshine: Béa & Réré said...

ex-ce-len-to. well spotted!

Janneke said...

amazing! they put color in every room!

Karin said...

At your home I suppose??
They are loveley

Giulia Viggiani said...

In Milan, we can win these chairs in a market!

Anonymous said...

After seeing this post I actually had a dream about these chairs last night.

Tori said...

These would look wonderful in a studio or artists' work area. I am loving these, thanks for sharing!

simplyjudybligh said...

thanks for linking my blog! That is awesome of you :)

here is another post you should peek at when you have a minute...this one has orange in it!

http://simplyjudybligh.blogspot.com/2010/10/orange-cup.html

-simplyJUDYBLIGH

D R E W said...

oh wow, these are great. they'd be awesome for a design firm.