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...

Dec 30, 2020

Model 21 Outdoor Chair

Fresh for my 2021 avatar update is an outdoor chair that is very similar to those I'm quite fond of in the parks of Paris.  In the Jardin du Luxembourg chairs similar to these are scattered everywhere for the casual use of the huge throngs of people that spend time in the park every day. 

This Model21 chair by Modello USA has a slightly more rounded shape, and updated casual feel.  

They are built on a metal tube frame with die-cast aluminum slatted seats and back. A slightly wider seat than the Parisian models at 21-inches wide are comfortable and "invite multiple postures" say the brochures.

Designed for outdoor use, they are stackable and tough, which seems a suitable image for 2021.  We will need to be adaptable, tough and comfortable with spending a lot of time away from others. We may as well have a comfortable seat that works with those constraints.