Semester
– I will design / make an ottoman and chair that exhibit control and confidence in furniture design.
– I will be proud of my work.
– I will have a web-presence
– I will begin to eat fresher foods and cook more for myself and my friends.
– I will go skydiving
– I will begin to develop a DP that excites and challenges me
1 year
– Participate in an NPR interview focusing on the Furniture Design class of 2012
2 years
– After graduating I will sell at least 10 “Star Spangled Spatulas” through my website or etsy.
– Travel and learn the American craft of BBQ from a pit master.
– Obtain a design job.
-Drop 70 pounds.
-Meet nice people.
10 years
– have graduated grad culinary school overseas
– Begin producing and selling design products
20 years
– Open a 12 table restaurant with friends
– have a studio
– be integral in something big
– own a dog and a car.
Death
-NEVER
people i admire
– Gordon Ramsay
– My brother (CEO of National Field.org / the first hierarchical social network and the second best looking Wasserman brother)
– steve jobs
– Pharell Williams
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10 years:
– Own an architecture / design firm
– Earn 100,000 a year
– Own property / home – large enough to run the online business
– Work maximum of 50 Hours a week.
– Pay off RISD loans
– Raise a family with at least 1 child
– Travel to Australia
– Have finished composing a instructional percussion book
5 Years
– Established online Vintage Percussion Business with virtual shopping car
– Build 2 websites dedicated to design &
– Land an internship working for an architecture firm
– Have a degree – (3 Year) Graduate in M.Arch from RISD
– Take arch exams and become licensed.
1 Year
– Purchase a Roland V – Drum kit
– Move out of Charles Landing into a house or other apartment
– Find a band with a steady gig to help fund keeping a car
This Year
– Purchase a bike by Spring semester
– Have completed a comprehensive Resume
– Have completed a comprehensive Portfolio
– Have completed a Business Card
This Semester:
– Wake up at 8am each morning or sleep a maximum of 8 hours a night.
– Sleep a minimum of 6 hours each night.
– Establish a functional schedule with work, school and en balanced
– Learn how to cook 4 new meals by December
– Will run at least 3 days a week
– Will woodshed on a practice pad for 15 minutes at least 3 days a week
Inspiration:
Scott’s Drum Center / Acadiana School of the Arts
Repercussions – Vintage Percussion Dealer
Tschumi – why? cause he’s just a monster
Michael McClure – Professor ( Rome Prize )
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Goals for Fall:
Goals for year:
Goals within the next 2 years:
Goals within 5 years:
Goals by 10 year mark:
I love Gijs Bakker’s thoughts, just not him.
Louise Campbell – She plays w/ work makes cool stuff
Barry Schwartz – American Psychologist who talks and studies individuals and choices.
Eckhart Tolle- Wrote awakening to your life’s purpose. SO GOOD.
Bruno Munari – I admire his books and thought process on art and design
Guillermo Almodovar – need I even explain further?
My mom- she’s pretty much superwoman
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10 Years:
– I will make 100,000 a year
– I will own/ co-own a design firm
– I will collaborate with large outlets to reduce the amount of overproduction and useless design in America
– I will own a car, a motorcycle, and several bikes
– I will own a nice watch and have a box of cuban cigars on a fancy coffee table that I’ll never smoke
– I will bike a minimum of 100 miles per week
– I will go to the gym a minimum of four days per week
– I will be happily married to someone as financially stable as I am
5 Years:
– I will make 60,000+ a year
– I will obtain regular commissions and/or work for a large company (ex. Nike, Gillette, Braun, Muji…)
– I will release a line of products/furniture and be regularly published
– I will be technologically aware
– I will bike a minimum of 100 miles per week
– I will go to the gym a minimum of four days per week
– I will continue to cook great food and eat in good company
– I will stay close with all of my friends
1 Year:
– I will complete at least 4 pieces for my DP, and investigate both lighting and tableware/cookware
– I will get my DP work published on blogs
– I will learn design/furniture history
– I will intern at a large company to see if I enjoy that kind of design work
– I will get a paying job/internship to supplement my personal design efforts
– I will bike a minimum of 100 miles per week
– I will go to the gym a minimum of four days per week
This Semester:
– I will have three abbreviated DP drafts by the end of the semester
– I will have a finalized DP by the end of wintersession
– I will learn to sew proficiently
– I will photograph all of my current work
– I will redesign/launch a new website
– I will submit current work to blogs
– I will learn how to brew beer
– I will learn the material properties and techniques of concrete
– I will cook at least twice a week
– I will independently study design history
– I will go to the gym a minimum of four days per week
– I will bike a minimum of 100 miles per week
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This scares me.
10 years:
Own/Co-own a design firm with at least 3 employees,
Start a family,
Be financially stable (hopefully this will happen before the 10 year mark, I’m thinking 7 years is a more realistic goal)
5 years:
Secure at least 2 residency programs (ideally one overseas,)
Continue work with design collaborative,
participate in a design-build non-profit,
Have at least 2 reliable/consistent clients for commissions (something like a real-estate developer)
Keep any media up to date
Participate in design showcase (ICFF, etc.)
2 years:
Persistently submit work to design publishers/blog,
Establish or join design collective,
Full-time employment with design firm on west coast,
Hike Mt. McKinley
If above/below doesn’t work out, go to grad-school
This year:
Graduate,
Learn how to knit
Find language for design,
Submit work to competition,
Work with Fix Studio in summer,
Have all design decisions for DP made by end of Wintersession
This semester:
Build killer website
Find music shop to intern with this winter
Begin writing thesis?
Some cool people in the world
Jen Jako www.fixstudio.com
Hanna Sandstrom kaptenhanna.blogspot.com
Kari Merkl www.merkled.com
Bernard Brucha www.mashstudios.com
Fellas at MADE Studio www.made-studio.com
Cameron Sinclair www.architectureforhumanity.com
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FURN-2582-01
Department of Furniture Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Mondays, 6:20pm - 9:20 pm
Prov-Wash, 237A
Instructor: Christopher Specce
Teaching Assistant: Taylor McKenzie-Veal