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April 2013
A systematic approach – design and templates for the footrest
When I was building my first chair I was amazed that I used a lot of time just measuring and drawing up each piece on the wood – and I didn’t even know if the visual ideas would work out in live size.
Inspired by my skills as a programmer and a logical thinker I set out to solve the task systematically and faster – without loosing the fun. Still sketching up the pieces in 1:10 and 1:5 on paper – but instead of drawing 1:1 sizes directly on the wood I drew it up on cardboard and cut the pieces.
A dream fulfilled – Touch Me One / Chair prototype completed
I’ve completed my most ambitious dream as a woodworker so far – I have designed and built my own chair exactly as I wanted it! I consider it quite an achievement and I’m both proud and a little bit amazed that I actually made it.
No sudden cure
The road to succes and “making it” seems very long, and over the last couple of weeks I’ve found other young designers on the Internet that has done marvelous work. How am I to compete? I have a full time job that requires even more time and I have a life that is more important than any piece of furniture. So why am I doing it and why does it matter so much?
A workbench in our kitchen
Inspired by videos on Youtube I started constructing my own workbench. It was done during last years summer vacation in July.
Our apartment is 56 sqr. meters – so fitting a workshop into the kitchen is an achievement in itself.
How it all started
I love music and have been into HI-FI stuff since my father gave me my first B&O transistor radio when I was six years old. I’ve been getting more and more into LP records and analog sound – and around May last year I purchased a “The Fisher” tube amplifier. It’s a beauty from around 1959 and it really sounds great!
Remembering how to live
I’ve been an IT professional for more than 10 years and I’ve always thought that the speed with which technology changes would make it hard to keep up. The job that I have been in for the last almost 8 years has slowly worn me out, and over the last two years I have been less and less able to find energy and passion in what I do. My work has always been the core of my life so it has become an existential “crisis” – without passion I am nothing – or I feel like nothing.
Joining seat and back on my first chair design
I’ve been working on organizing my images and making stories in the right order, but today I realized that its upside down. I need to get the flow going and slowly build my back catalog afterwards. So here it is – a short but real post from today!
