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...

Nov 28, 2011

Robo Chair from Luca Nichetto comes packed in a small box. The Venice-born designer was recently judged 'Young Designer of The Year' says this blog.  A great reason to visit that link is the view of the un-assembled parts of the chair.  You'll probably have to go to the Swedish showroom to pick one up.  No, wait. You could probably pop around to the designer's studio at Porto Marghera, Italy. 
Oh, save yourself the travel bill and just visit the designer's website. Some great eye-candy there. I quite like the simple chair designs there.