Pharrell Williams + Domeau & Peres =ORIGINAL CHAIR DESIGN

This is from VA's own Juliette. Thank you! Dope. So Pharell Williams designed a chair with designer Domeau & Pérès. It's called The Perspective Chair. The chair is kind of goofy looking until you see the concept behind it:

Says Pharell:

“I had often wondered what it’s like to truly be in love, not lust for once.. So I decided not to ask what it was like in someone else’s shoes or what it was like to sit in their seat.. I decided to sketch out my own experiment; the perspective chair.”

I would like to call attention to the fact that the womens feet are tilted hard in the front. Interesting. So Pharell what kind of doggy style love would you call that exactly? I think you're still Lusting, Babes. Nice try tho....

Marc Newson ( Australian Product Designer)

So... I know you see him as a part of my new funky fly blog header; along with Santogold, Nina Simone and Amel Larrieux. So let me 'xplain. Marc Newson is in my new favorite designer list (next to the brilliant Karim Rashid). Not because he designs hot products, furniture and interiors. Not because his crazy ass designed a jet plane and a concept car. And not because Nike signed him to make really weird athletic shoes. No.

I love him because @ over 40, Marc is doing all this while rocking a hoodie. Way to own the dream Marc!

Hank Richardson Reads My Blog!

Wow! I can't believe it. I take a late night look at my emails and I've gotten an email from Hank. Even though I gansta signed him up for the blog like I did some of you I was suprised to find not only does he keep up but he likes it. yay! Hank is the head of my very hardcore grad school The Portfolio Center. But more than that, he ( along with Sylvia and Ted Fabella) is the most influential voice in my design career. Sylvia taught me the basics, Ted taught me to make my concepts solid and Hank taught me to dig deep and think waaay outside the box. Even now when I design I still hear them all in my head.

Hanks voice is in my ear again, he's telling me my blog looks boring. Lol!. I am after all a designer first, right? So give me a little time, I'ma make it Pop, Baby!.

For any of you ( Like Mel) who are thinking about going to an art school in ATL I highly recommend Portfolio Center. It is a CRAZY experience. You work your behind off and then one day ( around 4th quarter ) you realize you have grown tremendously as a designer...then you work your butt off some more. It's like G.I. Jane...the tough part isn't getting in...it's getting out.

Hoo-Yah, Chief!

The Monotracer-Dutch

You see where i'm going with this, don't you.