Chair Avatars
This is a display area for my spare chairs - my previous avatars.

Why Chairs?
Chairs symbolize social interaction. They invite you to sit down and stay a while; take a load off. You're probably sitting right now. We sit down to digest news. We sit to think. We sit to be social. You might say chairs are the first social media. Okay, you wouldn't but let's pretend.

There are awesome looking chairs that are painful to sit on (talkin' to you Frank Lloyd Wright and owners of Indian restaurants everywhere). There are comfy chairs that look ugly. Chairs fit all situations - from thrones to bean-bags. Lawn chairs say "relax, enjoy the weather." Kitchen chairs say "have a bite." Dentists' chairs say "sit down and scream a while."

Since joining Twitter in '07, I've experimented with a dynamic avatar - it's recognizable as my stream, but changes often. Happy to have you 'follow' me and join the conversation. Pull up a chair.

The avatars begin below...

Aug 18, 2011

Oliver Becker Chair. This smooth design is the work of a commercial designer who came from a design school north of Hamburg, Germany  He went on to spend almost two decades in Milan, Italy working on cosmetic packaging.  No doubt that experience of designing for visual impact and creating a desire in the observer to touch the product inspired this graceful, smooth style.  It's unclear if you can buy one of these or if it remains a concept, but it would be interesting to sit in, even if rather gingerly at first until you build confidence in the materials.   Becker is back in Berlin now working as an independent designer and 3D artist.