I’m sitting in my millwork class. We are learning about plastic laminates. I was surprised when the professor, a man in his late-50′s, brought up flickr on the big screen and started showing photos that he found of the Wilson House. He is more hip and internet savvy than I would have guessed. Of course, being nosey as I am, I went to the site and found the photos he was showing the class and stumbled upon his Flickr account. Sadly, he doesn’t have any photos posted. He did comment on several photos of another user though they are too ambiguous to make any kind of conclusions.
In case you were wondering, the Wilson House was built in the 1950′s by the founder of Wilsonart Laminate Co. It was built primarily to experiment different applications of plastic laminate. Here’s some photos. I love 1950′s design. It’s simple and modern, but fun and warm at the same time. I love the use of colors. A lot of 1950′s furniture pieces seem to be designed with a heavy emphasis on usability. It’s “form follows function” at its best.
There is a girl in this class who I find kind of annoying solely based on her disposition. She shows up anywhere between 30 to 60 minutes late to class everyday. The class is only a hour and a half long. She’s lame.
There’s not much to report on my life. I’m super busy, it being the end of the quarter and me graduating in only 22 days. I will have pictures of my final project online, as soon as I start working on it. I have this vision of the model in my head, and it’s going to be pretty sweet. Let’s hope it turns out that way.
