Going Local

by Andrew on February 4, 2010

The vast majority of my work ends up on the coasts, with little or no visibility right here at home.  This year, that will not be the case.  A new shop space, retail exposure, and some close work with local architects will make Acronym more visible here at home in Kansas City.  I will update the blog as these events develop.  In the meantime, here are a few pieces down at OfficePort in the Crossroads.

FLAT Bench

FLAT Bench

ReCubed Stools and Coffee table

ReCubed Stool

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Ellipsis

by Andrew on February 1, 2010

This is a new chair that I am working on.

Ellipsis

Ellipsis

On a random sketching session, it popped up and screamed for further development.  Designed to be an indoor or outdoor lounge or dinning chair.  It is meant to be an upscale challenger to the ubiquitous plastic chair, except it doesn’t suck. Designed to be more supportive, stronger, and certainly better looking.   It does not stack, so it’s not going to be a fit for every situation.  I am exploring several plant based plastic resins, which are considerably less toxic than conventional petroleum based plastics, and it breaks down much more quickly once disposed.

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Palmae Lounge

October 30, 2009

This striking lounge was not actually designed by me, but by my friend Kurt Kraisinger.  I helped Kurt bring the design into an accurate 3D form, refine the design slightly, and provide images to aid in marketing. He is targeting the hotel and resort market, which it is obviously well suited for.

Inspired by palm fronds, [...]

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Monsters of Design

October 28, 2009

For the second time, I entered the Monsters of Design Competition that is put on by the Young Architects Forum.  The first time I was bested by the Sprint Center and I believe the Performing Arts Center.  This time panned out a little better with the Swilken Bench winning!.

There were some other great winning projects.

This [...]

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