Chair Avatars
This is a display area for my spare chairs - my various Twitter 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.
Some beautiful chairs are painful to sit on (talkin' to you Frank Lloyd Wright, and owners of Indian restaurants everywhere). Many comfy chairs can look quite ugly. Chairs can fit with 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."
As an early user of Twitter in '07, I began to explore a dynamic avatar idea – it was always easy to identify my feed based on the avatar's subject matter, but the actual image changed often. If you followed me and my meanderings, I hope you found the conversation fun and/or thoughtful. Pull up a chair.
The avatar history is captured below...
May 8, 2013
Oscar Lounge Chair
The big stuffed base of this Finnish-modern chair creates a neat sense of stability and comfort. Designer Harri Korhonen designs casual yet refined-looking chairs for diverse environments from his company Inno which has been around since 1975.His work has those crisp lines and simplicity you associate with late 20th century Scandinavian style. There are a handful of designers working with him at Inno, clearly benefiting from the tutelage of the master. It's nice to page through the designs to see the unity in the style, yet diversity of design. I like the colours as well. This Oscar Lounge chair comes both with and without the arms, and while you wouldn't lounge in it very much, you'd probably be happy with it in your funky office lounge area. The companion ottoman looks like a piece of candy. Look at the variety of styles - yum.
