David Pescovitz is Boing Boing's co-editor/managing partner. He's also a research director at Institute for the Future. On Instagram, he's @pesco.

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  • shutz

    I only came here to say, “Duct Tape”.

    That is all.

    • Preston Sturges

       Thank you, Red Green.

  • TheOven

    So, did the bits that stuck out the side of the chair help keep it stable in any way? This seemed more like chair decoration than repair. 

  • http://theladyfingers.blogspot.com/ Ladyfingers

    Not a patch on There I Fixed It.

  • bolamig

    Good vice.

  • endrest

    I bet he’ll have no problem getting those earbuds through airport security… In fact, it reminds me of a guy that makes steampunk-like watches.  Ask him about the TSA and he has nothing good to say.

  • http://twitter.com/Listener43 Listener43

    I seem to have a different definition of “repair” … oh, and of “beautiful” as well.

  • retrojoe

    I like the chair as it has an architectural slant to it but, much of it reminds me of steampunk frippery; with the exception that these add-ons serve a purpose as opposed to an assortment of randomly stuck on watch gears. I like that he’s using odd bits to repair broken items but they’re also forced. Go into rural/poor areas anywhere in the world and you’ll see plenty of the same thought process done with a more practical end product. But because it’s not done as “art” it doesn’t earn a blog post.

    Grumble, grumble…kids these days.

  • vonbobo

    Great piece- it reminds of that “area” between identifying a project, and deciding on the final design that I will fabricate.

    My project criteria usually include cost, time, function, simplicity, and often repurposing materials. This guy is playing with those wonderful designs that would never make it past all of the normal criteria.

  • Preston Sturges

    For some reason I am reminded of the Foxfire article about how to make shoes starting without much more than a cowhide.  Now that was impressive. 

  • timquinn

    The ultimate skeptical statement is to be so unimpressed that you don’t even bother to comment. I want you all to work on that. I feel you are not committed to this.

  • http://twitter.com/dermotheaney dermot heaney

    But is it art!?

  • http://www.xradiograph.com/ OtherMichael

    “All art is inherently useless.”

    Although some art is less useless than others.