I am staying in Chicago for most of summer to take some classes and work on all the projects that have been piling up on my To Do  list.
I will will primarily be designing and building furniture, but other projects will likely include (in no particular order):

Post Analog
urban agriculture/gardening
painted and printed clothing and shoes
toys (gliders, kites, catapults)
landsailer
longboards and skate gear
Muir Skate sticker contest
photography as always

And lots more.


My Blog [link] is back online and being updated often, albeit erratically. Check it out for progress on above projects and detailed descriptions and documentation of some of my studio projects from last semester. My shade installation, (pictures here, more info soon on blog) is now up and on long-term display at the Farnsworth House in Plano, Illinois. I will be updating soon with a gallery of mine and the other projects on-site at Farnsworth.

--Tyler


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You know you're an archie when...

You take off your shoe expecting a pebble to fall out, but instead you find a drill bit

You have paint, wood glue, or both somewhere on all your formal clothing

You leave drawing class after sketching a model with charcoal and you look like a coal miner

You think 4 hours of sleep per night is luxurious

Your friend passes out after having one too many. You pass out after having one all-nighter too many.

It's easier to give people your studio's address than your own

Your friends hear “model” and think “Megan Fox”. You hear “model” and think “basswood”

You have  nearly killed a total stranger for almost touching your model.

You have nearly killed your best friend for almost touching your model.

Your favorite things on earth are studying architecture, coffee, and complaining about studying architecture

You have the picture of Ray and Eero as the background on your phone

Frank Gehry Jokes are your “That's what she said” jokes

Mies jokes are your Chuck Norris jokes

Your friend secretly opens your diary to read your darkest secrets. They find neatly drafted floorplans.

Your friend opens a folder labeled “porn” on your laptop, only to find pictures of furniture and stairs.

At the very and of Inception, your first thought is “I swear that snow fortress looked exactly like the Geisel Library...”

When you actually sleep, you keep working on your project in your dreams

You can walk home from studio in 10 degree Chicago weather in a T-shirt, because your nervous system is too sleep deprived to register the cold

You cut your finger open, and the first thing you do is make sure you didn't get blood on your project

You wrap some paper towels and drafting tape around said cut to stop the bleeding, and then keep working

Stitches are not conducive to critique deadlines

You're on a first-name basis with the guy who works the 4am shift at 7-11

You and your peers will argue for 15 minutes about where to place a table in an empty room

You know who Corbu is

You know who F-L-Dubs is

Matthew, John and Luke have nothing on Balmand, McHarg, and Fuller

You know Thomas Jefferson as he designer of Monticello and University of Virginia

You know Ben Franklin as the planner of Philadelphia

You're as excited about the new Calatrava building as your Apple fanboy friend is about the new iPhone

What happens in Dubai, stays in Dubai

You practice saying “Do you need an architect for this project?” in Cantonese and Mandarin