Sunday, January 13, 2013

Design Within Reach Champagne Chair Contest: Circle Chaise


I just finished my entry for the Design Within Reach Champagne Chair Contest. Introducing...

Circle Chaise


I used two corks (thanks to my Mom and a work buddy) and decided to cut thin, uniform (or as best as I could manage) circle shapes to form a chaise lounge. At first I was not going to nest the circles, but then there were gaps, so I cut and sized each one. I then sealed everything with Aleene's Tacky Glue and used one of the cages for hairpin legs. The tops of both corks are the pillows!





This was a lot of fun -- I enjoy getting immersed in a hands-on task like this. You can see the photo gallery of entries here, or on Twitter with hashtag dwrchampagnechair. Very creative stuff! A few of my favorites:







Let me know if you entered!

UPDATE, 1/22/13: Design Within Reach just posted the top 10 finalists and 7 Honorable Mentions for the Champagne Chair Contest here. No modern miniature peeps made the cut this year, but the competition was fierce! Megan of Modern Mini Houses and Mini*Aesthetics did a wonderful job of transforming their materials -- really impressive! Mini*Aesthetics also felt compelled to write an articulate open letter to DWR. Read it here. Congrats to all who entered and to all who have been singled out by DWR!


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16 comments:

  1. Mad For ModJanuary 13, 2013 at 2:09 PM

    Wow! These are super cool!

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  2. LindaJanuary 13, 2013 at 6:36 PM

    That's funny, my post on this contest had many of the same favorites. I did join, but I'm not seeing my entry on the page yet.

    http://lkell00.blogspot.com/2013/01/champagne-chair-contest-entry.html

    Great work, by the way!

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    1. callsmallJanuary 13, 2013 at 6:48 PM

      Wow, Linda -- so cool! Thanks for sharing! My entry is not on the page either. I have a feeling DWR has to vet them, so hopefully tomorrow, when the work week begins! Good luck!

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  3. minwksJanuary 13, 2013 at 6:38 PM

    Well done. So much fun to see where a challenge like that will take one.
    Congratulations.
    regards Janine

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    1. callsmallJanuary 13, 2013 at 6:49 PM

      Hi, Janine! It definitely was a challenge, but it was good I didn't have too much time to think about it, and had limited materials!

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  4. mcddissJanuary 14, 2013 at 5:08 AM

    me gusta mucho esa tumbona hecha con tapones de champan, has tenido una buena idea, suerte , el resto de ideas que muestras tambien estan muy bien

    besitos

    Mari

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  5. studiosevenJanuary 14, 2013 at 8:27 PM

    What a way to motivate us all, yet again. You came up with a great design and inspired me to take the leap and participate miniaesthetics.blogspot.com/2013/01/cheers-to-chairs-my-1...

    I saw your design in the gallery today when I completed my own entry. Great work.

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    1. callsmallJanuary 14, 2013 at 10:35 PM

      YAY for you! So cool that you entered! Love it! I, too, am quite intimidated by the entries. Some serious talent there. While I know I won't make it to the finalist round, it was fun to do. Glad I did it. And you seem pretty pleased, too ;)

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  6. Kikka NJanuary 15, 2013 at 6:19 AM

    Wau, beautiful Work! :)

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  7. FabiolaJanuary 15, 2013 at 12:10 PM

    Original idea!
    Bye Faby

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  8. Modern MCJanuary 16, 2013 at 11:40 AM

    You already know that I dig this chaise, but figured I would leave a comment anyway. It's lovely!

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    1. callsmallJanuary 16, 2013 at 12:19 PM

      Thanks, man! Appreciated! I am curious to hear about the finalists! There are some really amazing chairs that blow everyone out of the water.

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