Work in Progress...

Although I have not been as faithful at posting on a daily basis, I feel this year has been more about doing, and turning my inspirations into action, rather than simply posting what inspires me. I'd like to reach a point where I am juggling both, but I'm not there yet. In the spirit of action, I am offering up some posts of what I've been working on the past couple of weeks.

A few months ago, I came across this beat up old chair on the side of the road that, at first, I mistook for an Eames lounge chair. I was sorely disappointed to find out it wasn't an Eames, but a Plycraft lounge chair instead, but since it was free, and somewhat of restoration challenge, I took it upon myself to try my best to breathe new life into it. Here are some shots of my progress so far with a before comparison. Enjoy!

There are still some finishing touches left, but the difference when viewed side to side, even at this point, is remarkable.

The Eames Lounge Chair

A vintage video I came across online, The Assembling of the Eames Lounge Chair.

Day 312 - November 10, 2010

Rethinking the Powers of 10 - A Competition

Day 61 - March 2, 2010

I've been thinking about vision and sight. From our perspective, things can look disheartening at times and we fail to see a purpose or a meaning behind it all, but from a different perspective, things would look much different. What seems like utter despair and misfortune today, could be a blessing in disguise. I tend to be short-sighted at times, especially when things don't seem to be going my way, but in the end, things may not be as they appear. In the hope of things to come, I try to keep in mind to look at things from a different perspective. This brought to mind the Powers of Ten video by Charles and Rae Eames as a literal demonstration of the power of perspective.