Seeing the Danish Cabinet Makers Autumn Exhibition 2013 and a presentation by OeO
One of things that I never really realized was that the danish design museum is only a few minuttes away from work. They have a great library, interresting furniture design exhibitions and even lectures about design related topics. When one of my friends told me about this exhibition I signed up for the newsletter – and by coincidence I ended up seeing a lecture by OeO which was fabulous and highly relevant for my ideas.
Saying good bye to my first web site
It has been a really great process to go through all my projects and selecting the ones to be on the new site. One thing is that I feel that both the design and quality of my pieces a very high but also seeing the actual progress that I have made within the last year is kind of amazing.
Softening the edges
One of my central ideas for the “Touch Me One” furniture series are the contrast between hard edges on the inside and very soft and smooth edges on the outside.
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?
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!
