Lectures

Today was a lot of listening, and viewing of slides. Overall it was very informative and allowed me to begin to prepare for my design. I learned a lot in how my material can be manipulated and formed to the shapes that I desire. Through three different techniques, most any form you can think of can be developed as long as it follows the rules. In fact it is only one rule, being that if you can get a sheet of paper to do it, the wood can do it.

I have decided that I have reached the limits that my sketchbook can afford me and have purchased some thin gauge sheet metal to make some sketch models. I am very excited to start this part of the game. Ideally, I would like to form my chair from a single sheet with a minimum of joinery since it is very difficult and not truly appropriate to try to marry separate pieces of veneer. It has been done, yes. Very successfully in fact by those before such as the Eames' among others. But the challenge is before me and I am excited to meet it.

In the meantime, after I bought supplies, I went to the DIS welcoming party in the courtyard of their offices. After a few beers, the other grad students and I went to an irish pub for another. It was then reaching 8:00 and I decided to head home.

It was at home, in my communal kitchen, that the idea went around between the Danes and I to head to the bar downstairs. Now it has been a few days since I was in college but I don't remember bars being in the dorms.

We drank, we played fussball. All in all it was a good time. But now, I have about 6 hours to sleep before I start all over again tomorrow.

It's all right. I'll sleep a solid eight on sunday.

Tuesday, we leave for Finland and Sweden. That should warrant some better posts.

Love to all
TW