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The egg chair has been around since the late 1950s, but hit its peak of popularity in the 1970s. Constructed of an egg-shaped shell of some moldable material, usually fiberglass, it has a padded interior that molds itself to your shape.

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The egg chair was a big hit with its unique, egg-shaped design. Once inside, you were surrounded by comfort, encased in the chair rather than sitting in it. It created, as one ad said, a place where you could be "isolated, but not in isolation".

The egg chair evolved from the bubble chair, which had a completely round shape. The egg chair is an elongated version of the bubble chair, and fits the human body better since, hopefully, we're not completely round.

Designed in Denmark by designer Arne Jacobsen in 1958 for the SAS Radisson Hotel, it has been copied ever since. The original had a steel frame with fabric upholstery that could be customized with specific fabric. The original was a red fabric that matched the décor of the new hotel.

When the egg chair moved across the ocean to the United States, the shape of the chair stayed the same but someone came up with the bright idea to incorporate stereo speakers into the upholstery, near where a person's ears would be.

This proved to be a great addition, at least for the United States market. While still expensive, the chairs with music availability sold well. They became an iconic symbol of the 60s and 70s in the United States.

Arne Jacobsen, the chair's designer, won numerous awards for his architecture and designs, including the egg chair. It was debuted at the 1964 World's Fair in Flushing, New York and has been with us ever since.

In fact, if you saw the movie Men In Black, you saw egg chairs near the beginning of the movie, when our hero, Will Smith, was applying for his job. The chairs have become ubiquitous with enduring style. While some may consider it a "retro" piece, many others will tell you that the egg chair is a statement of American interior design, and that we'll be seeing egg chairs well into the next century.

If you think the latter statement is more accurate, you can still buy reproductions of the egg chair from various suppliers and manufacturers of modern or retro furniture. Mix it up with your current furniture and see if you don't make a leap forward.

If you've been to a small rehearsal studio or a friend's rehearsal basement, you've probably noticed a portion of the room (most probably the ceiling) is covered with egg cartons. Unsure whether or not you've entered a practice space or a shady egg-packing operation, you ask the owner what that's all about, wherein he says that the egg cartons serve as soundproofing by absorbing the sound because 메리트카지노 of its unique shape. Somehow, you find yourself having a hard time believing him as you walk out of the studio after practice with a really bad case of tinnitus.

Egg cartons for soundproofing is perhaps one of the most popular myths about acoustics. Whether or not this belief was founded by experts or DIY enthusiasts let me break this myth by telling you that egg cartons do absolutely nothing for soundproofing. This should be obvious to you when you have a friend scream directly at your ear with only an egg tray in between the two of you.

In the realm of acoustics, there are different frequencies of sound that interact in a variety of ways with the environment around them. High frequency sound waves, like the sound of a high pitched shriek or your irritating Epson LX-300 dot matrix printer, are easily absorbed by layers of porous material such as cloth, fiberglass and carpets.

Low frequency sound, such as those heard at hip-hop/dance clubs, bass guitars and kick drums aren't easily as absorbed (an explanation why you hear only the bass when you're in the vicinity of a club or a car with subwoofers passes by with their windows up).

These types of frequencies can be absorbed by structures that have a higher density and mass, such as concrete walls and increasingly thick layers of fiberglass. While an egg carton may absorb some high frequencies, it won't stop any low frequencies from passing through it, and is therefore a poor choice for sound proofing. Egg cartons can be used for sound treatment, though, as a poor-man's diffuser.

By its very definition, sound proofing is the inhibition of sound from escaping a given space in which it is allowed to propagate. If even the slightest measure of sound is heard out of a "sound proofed" area, that area is no longer considered sound proof.

Sound treatment, on the other hand, is the manipulation of a room's response to frequencies to create a sonically balanced and favorable listening/performance area. Sound treatment can be achieved through absorption, reflection and diffusion (egg cartons may fall into this category).

If you're helping someone setup a rehearsal studio or are making one at your own home, skip the egg carton myth and look for more effective means of treating your space. Creating a sound proof room may be beyond most budgetary capability of hobbyists (it's essentially creating a room within a room), but acoustic sound treatment can be had at a reasonable cost.

You have the option to buy ready made absorbers and diffusers online or at acoustic expert shops, or you can simply make your own by following the many plans available on the internet: all it takes is a printer, some handyman work and a trip to the nearest Home Depot.