| 04.30.10
| Furniture
Sometimes things just take off….
A little over a week ago I was at High Point for the Furniture Market. There are many great things that happen at Market. One of them is obvious, the discovery of great new furniture! The other is just as important; talking with friends! The chance to chat with others in the industry is one of the greatest assets of any Market…
So I run in to my good friend, Leslie… She is an industry insider and the biggest furniture fan I know. We take a walk together and stop into a showroom that I was headed to. We are shown the latest from Italian producer Magis. Now, Magis never falls short on the creativity and this market was no exception.
Leslie was immediately drawn to the new Spun Chair designed by Thomas Heatherwick– a rotation-molded plastic indoor/outdoor chair.
When Leslie, @tkpleslie decided to take a Spin on the Spun – I grabbed her Flip and shot a quick video: http://yfrog.us/jx20100425131140z
Well when Twitter gets a hold of something like that… Watch Out!
Our friend Ellen, @SweetSoaps maker of fine bacon soaps dubbed it the #drunkchair and that was that! Ideas were instantly born! From training astronauts to barkeep-don’t-spill-a-drop contests…
This is the sort of thing that happens on Twitter and these are the sort of people that make my job all about the Furniture Fun!! Check out Ellen’s post on the subject too.
PS.: The DrunkChair (Spun) is brand new and will be arriving at The Century House hopefully by Late June… We’ll keep you posted! If you need more info, just let us know!
