When Niels Wildenberg turned 21 and had a few dollars to spend, instead of treating himself to a used car he bought a used chair. The one he coveted was wood and leather and could be identified by almost anyone as the classic lounge chair designed in 1956 by Charles and Ray Eames. Now 43, Mr. Wildenberg, a founder of Mal, a new furniture company in the Dutch town of Eindhoven, is producing lounge chairs that look strikingly similar to the one he bought years ago, except that they are brightly colored plastic and meant for outdoors. Coyly called Mal 1956 — “mal” is the Dutch word for “mold,” and it also means “silly,” Mr. Wildenberg said — the chair and accompanying ottoman are made of polyethylene powder that has been heated and rotated in an aluminum mold. Plastic is more forgiving than the rosewood with which the original Eames lounge chair was built, so owners need not be overly protective. “For instance, if your dog used the chair for his chewing toy,” Mr. Wildenberg said, “the chair could be recycled into a new chair by using the same material.”

Also clever are the holes drilled into the chair and ottoman where you would find leather buttons on the original; their job is to drain rainwater. Reminded that messing with a celebrated silhouette can have unpleasant consequences, Mr. Wildenberg didn’t seem worried. His partner, Bob Copray, received a call from a representative of Vitra, which produces and distributes the Eames lounge chair in Europe, he said, and “Bob told her the ins and outs about our product. That’s all we have heard up till now.” The chair is a respectful tribute, he added, and “we strongly believe in the fact that we have created a whole new product.” Mal 1956 weighs about 64 pounds with the ottoman and is about $1,120. Welcome to Audionirvana where "Sound Meets Music!" If this is your first visit, please be sure to click the FAQ for any questions. We would love to have you register here and share your audio and music experiences with our community of high-end audio enthusiasts!

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Knight's opening his apartment so people can see what he's done with his modestly sized space over the past two years. Collecting furnishings from thrift stores, he goes for midcentury-modern style and buys pieces that need "extra love." "I think things were just better designed (during that time). There was actually care and quality in what they're doing. Now things are manufactured on such a big level," Knight says. Art from friends and professors are some of his most cherished possessions, and the dining room chairs came with their own story, too. The brown and orange Herman Miller Eames chairs once sat in Fargo's Hector International Airport. Knight was visiting friends at the airport years ago and saw the chairs in a closet. No one wanted them, so he loaded up a truck and now they're situated around his rectangular dining table. Knight also has a thing for collections—of records, glassware and miniature rabbit figurines called Dunnys. The 175 Dunnys sit atop trim in the kitchen and living areas.

"It's sort of an explosion of collections," Knight says. "I need a little bit of craziness to get me inspired." But he doesn't like clutter. Knight fills his home only with items he adores. "I hate using the word curate, but you curate your space. You get to decide what goes where," he says. "With collecting stuff, it's gotten to a point where it's fun when you have too much and you have to choose what's the best." The downtown apartment appealed to him when he moved back to Fargo five years ago after living in Minneapolis. Knight knew he wanted to be in a community where he'd know his neighbors—somewhere he could drink beer on the roof on a random Monday night. "We just do that. Here, I have really good friends feet away from my door," he says. "When you're by yourself (in a house) you don't have those opportunities to meet other people or have the spontaneity." What: Unglued's Handmade Home Tour When: 1 to 6 p.m. Sept. 26 Where: Seven homes and apartments within 2-3 miles of downtown Fargo.