felt bag

Here's a bag I made from the leftover felt from my chair...

note: 1/4 inch thick industrial felt is NOT an easy thing to sew by hand!

Valley: My Completed Chair

Valley is a chair that is fun and beautiful: the form is graceful and elegant, and lends itself to multiple seating postions. Made by hand with bent plywood and felt.

Checklist for this co-op quarter

Things I want to do/accomplish next quarter:

ACADEMIC/SCHOOL/WORK RELATED:
1. Rock it at work, leave a great impression, and possibly a job offer? ;)
2. Further develop my concept from the DesComm group project
3. Thesis ideas: approach work about possibility of a sponsored project?

PERSONAL
1. Be healthier (gym, eating better, etc.)
2. Sketching for fun as well as development (character, resurrect sketcheration?)
3. Ukulele skills....increase!

FUN!
1. Boston fun!
2. NYC fun!
3. Halloween costume/halloween in NYC!
4. Ski Trip?
5. Trip to Maine?
6. Tracy visit to Boston
7. Harry Potter exhibit at the MOS Boston
8. Golden Book Art exhibit at the Eric Carle Museum of Children's Book Art in Amherst
9. Concerts! Passion Pit? Ra Ra Riot? The Dodos?


Because I hate doing posts with at least a picture or something interesting, here's what I have been rocking out to recently:



New personal goal: dance like that guy! haha, RIIGHT.

chair sneak peek

The chair is coming along...here are a couple of process pix to give you a sneak peek!

Moment of truth....

Seems like it worked!

Pieces for the felt pattern

Terrible Yellow Eyes

Terrible Yellow Eyes is a Where the Wild Things Are tribute blog with lots of amazing art inspired by the book. Go check it out!! This piece is by Brittney Lee, who is amazing!

Poser men's facial care

Yesterday, we had another crit for our Des Comm group project, where we presented three refined concepts. Here is my concept, called "Poser".


The toner pads, moisturzer, and hair pomade stack and can be twisted to kind of "build your own" hipster. My other two group members, Tracy Subisak and Michael Kandel, have great concepts and I think it will be difficult to choose what design we use for the final presentation in two weeks.

movies that grow with you

Movies are an interesting thing. For example, I can go watch a Harry Potter movie and be happy....but I really feel like I only need to see it once or twice. The movies that I really love are the ones that you can watch time and time again, but are always different depending on where you are in your life. I thought I would make a quick list of some of my favorite movies like this....

1. ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND



This has to be one of my favorite all time movies...very weird and different, and a movie you pretty much have to watch a second time to fully understand. Even though the movie is based in fantasy, the themes and the relationships between the characters seem so real that you can always find a little bit of yourself in the film.

2. GARDEN STATE



This is one of my favorite scenes from Garden State. I really believe it is the climax of the film and where it all starts to come together for Large.

3. THE DARJEELING LIMITED



My favorite Wes Anderson. I love the three personalities of the brothers...really makes me want to go on a soul searching trip to India!

4. AWAY WE GO



I can't wait to watch this movie when I am looking for a place to settle myself. The characters, though outrageous and a little out there at times, have qualities that are totally recognizable and common...and I think that a lot of the emotions that the main characters are going through are universal even if you aren't having a baby or moving....plus who doesn't love John Krasnski!


Any other movies that fit in this category?