Denver Design Council Design After Dark Fundraiser

When Steve Chucovich of Architecture Denver invited me to collaborate with a team to develop and fabricate an "object of desire," I was psyched! The 'object' would be auctioned off at the Design After Dark Gala called 'ISH' held by the Design Council of the Denver Art Museum in February '08: http://www.denverartmuseum.org/utility/calendar/eventDetails/eventId--168505

The team consisted of an architect (Steve), a metalworks sculptor (Ira), a fashion designer (Nancy) and an industrial designer (me!). The kickoff for the project was a gathering to select a our 'ISH' word and object of desire (a piece from a well-known designer). Our team selected the word 'stylish' and the Ghost Chair. With word and form in hand, our departure point was established!

At the conclusion of many meetings to brainstorm, sketch, and play with materials, our mission statement went like this:
"The piece is about movement and transformation, texture, transparency and form both indeterminate and defined. The female shape both a sensual and artful ideal, breaks down and transforms using machine-like prosthetic elements as activators to deconstruct and evolve into a indeterminate ethereal form of complex folded transparent and reflective surfaces and spaces."

At the gala, our piece generated a art acquisition price of $650!! Success!! Here's the article the Denver Post wrote: http://www.denverpost.com/entertainment/ci_8191287