Study Models

Starting off with the Platner Lounge Chair, I started making models trying to draw inspiration from the lightweight base.

Not really getting what I wanted, I started to think of what else I could do to make the base the focal point and thought of Eladio Dieste's amazing brick architecture...

...so I started playing with "bricks" to make my base of the chair

 Here is the beginning of many more cardboard bricks to come!

More Inspiration

Looking at the architecture of Eladio Dieste, I am wanting to make the base of my chair out of "bricks" and making that the focal point with a simple seat.

Short Platner Lounge Chair Presentation

The Knoll Platner Lounge Chair is what I chose for my inspiration.  Here is the link for my Prezi:
https://prezi.com/secure/4a8973bf44467f35c15684bbd0748cc0795c3222/

So many chairs

So for this last project, I am searching for a modern chair that I find interesting and can draw inspiration from.  Here are some of the chairs I found interesting...

Below is the chair I'm going to go with, the Platner Lounge Chair

Sorry I haven't been able to get any scanned images in, I'm working everyday to try and make up for the time (and money) I lost from getting my wisdom tooth removed last week.  I did find quite a bit of info on this chair and designer online though

How to Steal Like an Artist

Here is the link to the article by Austin Kleon that I referenced in my book project.  It made me feel a little bit better about how everything turned out.
http://www.austinkleon.com/2011/03/30/how-to-steal-like-an-artist-and-9-other-things-nobody-told-me/

Book...

I am fully aware that I was severely lacking in blog posts for this project.  But I didn't much like anything I was doing so I will post my final images and say no more.

Book layouts

So after playing around with possible book layouts, this is what I have so far...just a couple very rough ideas.

for this first one I was really intrigued with the collage idea, but it's quite difficult on the computer and I'm not sure how I could make it work by hand.  So I then went to the next idea...

Having a layout similar to a real newspaper, but the stories be my experiences as I read the paper in the morning.  This one is a little easier to visualize and would probably look nicer in the long run.