Brianna Albers, “The Audre Lorde Questionnaire to Oneself” // Anne Carson, Glass and God // Haruki Murakami, Norwegian Wood // @iasoup-deactivated20190921 // @puppy__problems on Instagram // p.d., “Rest Achilles, the world will wait” // Lyra Wren // @heartfeltbot on Twitter // Latin phrase translations // Emily Berry, Dear Boy
I’m obsessed with this chair. The artist takes a flimsy hunk of injection-molded plastic that’s been cost-cut to hell and back, and insists that we look at it with fresh eyes and understand its beauty. And they went about it in the most labor-intensive way I can think of.
Absolutely nothing about this design is convenient to execute in wood. Every piece is curved, most have compound curves. This is artisan craftsmanship: it’s inherently slow, manual, and skilled. Notice, also, that most features of this chair must be thicker and heavier than on the plastic chairs being imitated. Injection-molded chairs can be produced in this shape in a matter of minutes with far less material at very low cost.
If these flowing, organic curves are so beautiful in polished wood, perhaps they are also beautiful in the mass-produced chairs that are far more accessible. Perhaps we should remember to admire designs that succeed enough to become ubiquitous. I don’t know about you, but I’ll never see injection-molded chairs the same way again.
It’s that time of the year again! I have Scaredy Cat mini books on my website (heatherfranzen.com/shop)
Thank you to those who already ordered!!
Every year I see this comic passed around from people who are not the artist. Here’s the artist’s post, with details on hard-copies of that lovely little Halloween cat comic that we’ve all enjoyed so much over the years. If you’ve enjoyed it, too, and have the ability to support the artist, please consider picking up a copy!
Dude it’s the Halloween kitty comic!!
I DIDN’T KNOW IT WAS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!!!
We bought this years ago. It’s a family classic now
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