Thinkcorps

These chairs are interesting to me, not because of their construction technique—sewn threads that create backs and seats—but because of how the sides/arms are a simple, non-descript square shape that is then defined by a pattern or line drawn on the side. You could essentially draw whatever chair profile you like on the side of this chair, melding their images together in a viewer’s mind. It would almost create an optical illusion, which profile (real or drawn) is the real chair?

http://mocoloco.com/archives/001159.php

Yesterday, I scored a lot of 12 step switches on ebay that I’m going to use to make some floor lamps. I couldn’t believe that google couldn’t help me find any decent step switches. I know they are out there, I see lamps with them everywhere. I figure that with a lot of 12, I’ll definitely never need to find more. And they were only $25 total. Me love ebay.

This morning, I discover the picture below, which conjures up ideas about how easily you could decorate a lamp shade – not with stupid shiny trim pieces – but with stencils and spray paint. (Not a new idea, I’m sure, but new to me.) You could paint the shade any color you want, and create any type of stencil you wanted: letters, bugs, cutlery, etc. Lots of cool ideas there.

OK, now this could be done with either raw picture frame stock or moulding stock, I think. If the credenza or sideboard or whatever has simple, flat surfaces, then you can simply glue the pieces to the face of the sides & doors. Stain appropriately and I think you’ll have a really unique piece. And easy too.

Architect Luis Pons turns ordinary materials into unexpected objects.
Using mass-produced picture frame moldings, Pons applied bands of ready-made frame elements to 1950s furniture, transforming ordinary armoires and credenzas into attractive new pieces. For Metal Rain, he used a series of suspended stainless steel ball-chains to create a hanging lamp that resembles a rainshower. And Mutables is a series of pieces that “allow for the possibility of change and that, when experienced, touch all the senses” per the designer. One of these, the Pinhead Door (or screen), uses panels of metal pins that, when touched, create easy-to-change designs and images.
http://aponwaodesign.com/

This is a good idea for the orange task chair in the garage. The task chair frame is angled—both back and seat—but if I offset the wood frame from the chair by an inch or so, and pick the crossbeam points (where the chair rests on the wood frame) carefully, this could work well.