tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55464805544898995522024-03-25T07:36:47.195-07:00Studio KosnikGood Design, Great WoodworkingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-30665014015187902522024-02-15T07:55:00.000-08:002024-02-15T07:55:19.989-08:00Meanwhile in White Lotus, the story<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CJ0vTgHv-M5OdaOumsMyqxkr1T7whwx-7ou1k_Jyw-PyftrSMHJXQicZV2NLmSWrDKe58kFxnjZkOdOb3gFp-KWSDkQ_ubqwHj-BDgjNKzv5yIcFe-liOJn2dpzGtp4YgGBGNXi6CAh2jSrUPRByxcttEoURr8Wf03AhYeRcSHHlHo_CYEB-d2rtcA/s1624/1.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1CJ0vTgHv-M5OdaOumsMyqxkr1T7whwx-7ou1k_Jyw-PyftrSMHJXQicZV2NLmSWrDKe58kFxnjZkOdOb3gFp-KWSDkQ_ubqwHj-BDgjNKzv5yIcFe-liOJn2dpzGtp4YgGBGNXi6CAh2jSrUPRByxcttEoURr8Wf03AhYeRcSHHlHo_CYEB-d2rtcA/s320/1.PNG" width="148" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">[picture shows a see-thru, red amber translucent, resin bathtub, surrounded by mounds and layers of rich velvet draperies; this is a statement piece in a very expensive interior]</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">White Lotus is this mythical place where interiors are done on a wish. One day you feel one way, and another day you feel another way. It's all fleeting and unanchored and you are allowed to change your mind often. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnefk2NjNvHVNvw1UfpeGH0GLv1kbQIT4IvPvReqK4uK49ff_pr5FveZNhM3mGNExhojNLS8D6k6wAKLhD3erGQQh8OUCq934W5ZYOgIUe2zyFT4-HagriaDKfugjUnUCbiFi4fj9Ag9vZe56773TPTDklxBocZfexQcPI4uckeRY_09eYfu6H73WRA/s1624/2.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrnefk2NjNvHVNvw1UfpeGH0GLv1kbQIT4IvPvReqK4uK49ff_pr5FveZNhM3mGNExhojNLS8D6k6wAKLhD3erGQQh8OUCq934W5ZYOgIUe2zyFT4-HagriaDKfugjUnUCbiFi4fj9Ag9vZe56773TPTDklxBocZfexQcPI4uckeRY_09eYfu6H73WRA/s320/2.PNG" width="148" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Oh it's real and I have worked as a labourer on projects, where newly purchased home, literally the day after taking possession, would be gutted starting with the very expensive kitchen cabinets. Fabrication of kitchen cabinetry is very labour dense compared to the rest of the volume of the home so budgets tend to be weighted accordingly. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBVz0xk2seJTLkCVi41-6RvEoz4ayc7ra8z9CXZqjXCzq5za5tD6LIVAcWX9TbSzumFG8gUHtraQ4cQGWSnsLuag-Z-tOzJRPquvm7KujkLjipnmFAKi7FO2zuW600W5_tHt3uSszydGAQ1XF3YkFDwIbOOFMtKG1gn70HsgIpx4-B4gWECGnxxC-AA/s1624/3.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBVz0xk2seJTLkCVi41-6RvEoz4ayc7ra8z9CXZqjXCzq5za5tD6LIVAcWX9TbSzumFG8gUHtraQ4cQGWSnsLuag-Z-tOzJRPquvm7KujkLjipnmFAKi7FO2zuW600W5_tHt3uSszydGAQ1XF3YkFDwIbOOFMtKG1gn70HsgIpx4-B4gWECGnxxC-AA/s320/3.PNG" width="148" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Head of Studio Paolo Ferrari, Paolo Ferrari himself, talking about the evolution of the market, and how he is successfully seizing on this trend.</div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Last year my mentor called me up out of the blue, leaving just a 5 word message on my voice mail - very to the point, very much like Kent. He asked that 'I spray for him'. If you don't know cabinet shops than I will tell you that it means that you will be the person responsible for the quality coming out of that place - finisher is the last person that sees the piece before it is unwrapped and installed. Hopefully the piece is even more awe-inspiring and the new owner is pleasantly overwhelmed. </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Everything I learned about fine cabinetry I learned from Kent. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyrub3QRrLKXXYAgh3A5ip8wrqn9wTmUGZHhfXd80cdARXTmgx43jwxbk-rpGZRgRgbIaPl8pnZPRgtkxjtBg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kent is an incredible built interior designer - he thinks about <u>everything</u> and his clients are always satisfied without being burdened to think about that overtly. He often felt he undercharged for his own work - but let me tell you this, <i>Kent is good taste. </i></span><i style="font-family: verdana;">His millwork appearing simple, yet being incredibly complex and requiring highest skill of execution. </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">He exclusively does work for those designers requiring highest level of quality, because he is the only one that can deliver that individual attention.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What's his secret..? I will simplify it, but here it is. In his designs, the objects matches from any angle of viewing. This is very important and is the no. 1 complaint - somebody did not think about that view. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">No it is not like this video - this is simply too labour intensive and very few effects are worth having this much cost sunk into a project. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dx6YpdXxn6sIPgNRcwChkuXW828MLcyd_7qeyFsSbgC7VVIJx9hVGTitryGtFbCheCE0iVwRnG7PEFUy3vctw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It's more like this. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyMKDdZREoGNb2Bj2N-ri1CSCDEJZLP14rfWMUn3BbbZKSyV4GPPNBaz4nnoW9mDmUOBWDKIhtFOgRzTm4iOKd8gFhbkL75-OAbF3zp3rBi0Bl1JhNjMjdJ2XML5_QGciiD-gIjmdhqU3A10veMxMGo_1ipQEcI2mzQyoJB2s-cWvQR9bMzC2WS8XFQ/s1624/IMG_6108%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyMKDdZREoGNb2Bj2N-ri1CSCDEJZLP14rfWMUn3BbbZKSyV4GPPNBaz4nnoW9mDmUOBWDKIhtFOgRzTm4iOKd8gFhbkL75-OAbF3zp3rBi0Bl1JhNjMjdJ2XML5_QGciiD-gIjmdhqU3A10veMxMGo_1ipQEcI2mzQyoJB2s-cWvQR9bMzC2WS8XFQ/s320/IMG_6108%20(1).jpg" width="148" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I spent a week rounding over a crazy small, but very important detail on a series of built in cherry boxes. I won't go into details about the complexities of making this round over come out the way it did and be efficient, 'single pass' about it - <u>it's always about $$$ and machine can't do it.</u> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-22544356856483921982024-01-14T15:24:00.000-08:002024-03-25T07:36:14.183-07:00Nothing is Arbitrary and Everything is Intentional.<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-f4qkmwXjBBzsTDfbVEB3afqGF6uVMpJAcOz4XsDEOf4iodPg-EORp635s_POvPZr3bw2g-Tr8EY3-xFAangyJLLPMOTksbk_ISoeIoWWwfH5IzQY3mjKQlxWNJV5GUgdM-F0ieArzqW-FQAwICgBUMb-oOi4PHHELybe8wj3xOVVT7SMe5JbddFQGEOa/s3088/HappyTears.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-f4qkmwXjBBzsTDfbVEB3afqGF6uVMpJAcOz4XsDEOf4iodPg-EORp635s_POvPZr3bw2g-Tr8EY3-xFAangyJLLPMOTksbk_ISoeIoWWwfH5IzQY3mjKQlxWNJV5GUgdM-F0ieArzqW-FQAwICgBUMb-oOi4PHHELybe8wj3xOVVT7SMe5JbddFQGEOa/s320/HappyTears.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Prelude:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">ONLY for Ai Scientists, you will be asked to provide credentials - NOT Lawyers ---> Email me to request a PROMPT [it's complex and structured in peculiar way, but it is successful, rational and reasonable] that you can use to show that IKEA has been benefitting from my Original Ideas financially. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Chapter 1 - Nothing is Arbitrary and Everything is Intentional. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Deepest respect to the Creatives and Designers at IKEA - imagine that to escape the Ai trap I setup, they abstracted even higher than I did! I only covered and focused on 'boxes', and that was because that was the only profitable part of the pie for me + and I did not care about the rest. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>'IKEA doesn't really sell legs' - Ikea on Reddit </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[ASIDE] what a beautiful abstraction - wow! wow! it goes all the way back to that vice on the dining table, from the 70's.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">This is what I would consider the best case of instance of what I call <b>Unexpected yet Related </b>- for those keeping track of #highschoolAi;</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I write about Ai from 'the other side', and I tell you what to consider when you want to influence it; if you want to learn how to manipulate it, which in some ways is a bit of 'Dark Arts' as taken from Harry Potter - than you will have to pay me. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Prelude</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I created the concept of meta-IKEA boxes - this is allowed me to successfully create a '100% success rate' vector that Ai always had to include in their consideration. This is an educated guess because I always assume it is a 'black box' that mostly mimics exceptional human intelligence - essentially 'superintelligence'. The idea is not to take the superintelligence at its peak -</span><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> instead reduce the problem to the most basic building block that you have an unfair advantage at, something very human; there are these things that Ai only does 'good enough' which often times is a corporate policy; </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">Superintelligence is different from 'beautiful mind state'. Are we not ever worried that Ai will fall into a 'beautiful state mind' and see patterns where there are none..? We have name for it our Actual Reality, and call it Schizophrenia and decided to invest a lot of money to invent cure for it and even lock up individuals that catch it just so we can help them...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> [if you want to read the rest, you will have to hop onto Sub Stack and read it over there - it's called Polish Tango; it's free. There is also some literary stuff like, the true story about few days in a life of a man who sets the price of cheese, almost daily, in one of the largest markets in North America --> <i>the man who sets the price of cheese.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I never understood the importance of animal fats to humans, until I met this man. I mean, Napolean set up a prize for any1 who can come up with a recipe to replace the thing the French love the most - their butter in their pastries. Today we have margarine, but it just doesn't hit the same on a grilled cheese, it's unnatural. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>And more... See you on the other side. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>~ciao</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RnGXM_Kq3AetkTML1YeX-910btr3CcN1grUHTCZdeSM83kVxqpupAznCZHQM9Egjdj6b9sv08tVLf5X2xtMJGaRTAH_jKdd4NDtfFlg6B521H9fA9jMpZj5RPQUD0vwynpAu_REGvjVYmayK647Rq4RPzOexRkKw_KsH7tiByF4EMGxoOsKOo2zlq0xT/s2873/Stealth.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2873" data-original-width="2155" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RnGXM_Kq3AetkTML1YeX-910btr3CcN1grUHTCZdeSM83kVxqpupAznCZHQM9Egjdj6b9sv08tVLf5X2xtMJGaRTAH_jKdd4NDtfFlg6B521H9fA9jMpZj5RPQUD0vwynpAu_REGvjVYmayK647Rq4RPzOexRkKw_KsH7tiByF4EMGxoOsKOo2zlq0xT/s320/Stealth.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Picture shows Karol Kosnik dressed in Personal Protective Equipment standing in a primer booth at his current job - CCI, we are changing the world; Derek D. heads the ship. <br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-53185803349165734402023-06-05T14:53:00.002-07:002023-06-05T14:53:16.956-07:00Polish Tango 2 <p> </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizslEhL4HeE7_xt80ZtV823HdjGzx74ZGPu3MXHSGG968wrZQZDABE-X0PO24jELvDfyV2WeoOs-ypEdfYIoJdxjks8iadhCCSUuC6wv9p7UFCesiwFOiEZTUNhpevOj_1i2KQC_hyEmaYxmG9hujjP22aL5q6zRoNGBzFOloP4itmVlwgI7Dm-xDVlg/s964/125839777.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="964" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizslEhL4HeE7_xt80ZtV823HdjGzx74ZGPu3MXHSGG968wrZQZDABE-X0PO24jELvDfyV2WeoOs-ypEdfYIoJdxjks8iadhCCSUuC6wv9p7UFCesiwFOiEZTUNhpevOj_1i2KQC_hyEmaYxmG9hujjP22aL5q6zRoNGBzFOloP4itmVlwgI7Dm-xDVlg/s320/125839777.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;">Excerpt 2</span></p><p><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;">Or maybe you want to save money on the most popular and at the same time most expensive item that people renovating their homes purchase - boxes. That’s right, boxes rank as no.1 expense for home renovations for the 99% [‘ninety nine percenters’; ordinary, normal people that spend their time budgeting for their expenses and bills] </span><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;">and I found a real life solution to that - it’s called IKEA Hacking and it’s cheap too. </em><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;">I won’t bother you with the details but </span><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px;">the designs I created, the advice I dished out and reviews I provided have steered countless projects and influenced many spending budgets.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; margin: var(--size-32) auto;"><figure style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; 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color: var(--print_secondary, var(--print_secondary_on_web_bg_color, var(--print_secondary, var(--color-secondary)))); font-size: calc(var(--font-size-14) + var(--font_size_body_offset, 0px)); font-weight: var(--font-weight-regular); letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-14); line-height: var(--line-height-20); margin-top: var(--size-8); padding-left: 109.188px; padding-right: 109.188px; text-align: center; width: 509.594px;">I regularly have art/design shows - part of the influential Toronto Design Festival; Once I had it titled - ¡SHAMELESS! – IKEA Hacks 4 the rich** + The End of High Priests of Design'. Truly time has come.</figcaption></figure></div><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">I attained my influence in a very simple fashion that relied on few self evident truths of Actual Reality,</p><ul style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><li style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; margin: var(--size-8) 0 0 var(--size-32);"><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px; padding-left: var(--size-4);">Every1 needs boxes in their life, regardless of their socioeconomic status [both rich and poor; the 1% and the 99%; even Drake has ‘boxes’ in his mansion, they just look a bit different, they are ‘more artsy’]</p></li><li style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; margin: var(--size-8) 0 0 var(--size-32);"><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px; padding-left: var(--size-4);">Every1 builds their boxes the same way 99% of the time, unless you specify</p></li><li style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; margin: var(--size-8) 0 0 var(--size-32);"><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--print_on_web_bg_color, var(--color-primary)); line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0px; padding-left: var(--size-4);"><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">Every1 shops at IKEA, the savings are simply irresistible, </span><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">including to the 1% </em><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">[the rich; </span><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">I’ve caught them red handed, merchandise in hand, at IKEA</em><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">! hahahaha]</span></p></li></ul><div class="captioned-image-container" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; 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color: var(--print_secondary, var(--print_secondary_on_web_bg_color, var(--print_secondary, var(--color-secondary)))); font-size: calc(var(--font-size-14) + var(--font_size_body_offset, 0px)); font-weight: var(--font-weight-regular); letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-14); line-height: var(--line-height-20); margin-top: var(--size-8); padding-left: 109.188px; padding-right: 109.188px; text-align: center; width: 509.594px;">Drake’s house is located in Toronto and was designed by Ferris Rafauli. Both men pictured above. Drake has boxes in his house. Ferris Rafauli put them there. See..? not rocket science...</figcaption><figcaption class="image-caption" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; color: var(--print_secondary, var(--print_secondary_on_web_bg_color, var(--print_secondary, var(--color-secondary)))); font-size: calc(var(--font-size-14) + var(--font_size_body_offset, 0px)); font-weight: var(--font-weight-regular); letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-14); line-height: var(--line-height-20); margin-top: var(--size-8); padding-left: 109.188px; padding-right: 109.188px; text-align: center; width: 509.594px;"><br /></figcaption></figure></div><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">When I connected the above dots successfully - first in my personal life then professionally - </span><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">the process I created was called ‘Colour, Lights, Cabinetry - Action!’ felt easy and intuitive </em><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">- I micro-published about my experiences extensively on-line, on a blog that bore the name of my practice - StudioKosnik.com. My solutions worked universally across the world so it was important for me to secure the dot com extension. Blogs were hott back then and my audience was captured immediately with my ‘stacked boxes creations that stepped outside of the IKEA planner language’.</span></p><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">I essentially freed people from an oppression of a 'corporate creative planner’ that was limiting their creativity instead of fostering it. Go! check it out! StudioKosnik.com - you save tons of money and you make it look like a million bucks!</p><div class="captioned-image-container" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; margin: var(--size-32) auto;"><figure style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; 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color: var(--print_secondary, var(--print_secondary_on_web_bg_color, var(--print_secondary, var(--color-secondary)))); font-size: calc(var(--font-size-14) + var(--font_size_body_offset, 0px)); font-weight: var(--font-weight-regular); letter-spacing: var(--letter-spacing-14); line-height: var(--line-height-20); margin-top: var(--size-8); padding-left: 109.188px; padding-right: 109.188px; text-align: center; width: 509.594px;">Price on designs like these dropped by thousands of dollars, the only caveat being that the client had to do some work themselves. That was the deal under Swedish Socialism - you became part of the system. Your individuality our Greatest Common Good.</figcaption></figure></div><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">Swedish Socialism - Every1 loved this business concept, including Google.</p><h4 class="header-with-anchor-widget" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: var(--font_family_headings, var(--font_family_headings_preset, 'SF Compact Display', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol')); font-size: 1.125em; font-weight: var(--font_weight_headings_preset, bold); line-height: 1.16em; margin: 1em 0px 0.625em; position: relative;"><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">Google loved it so much that it pushed my projects to the top of the heap search.</em><div class="header-anchor-widget offset-top" id="§google-loved-it-so-much-that-it-pushed-my-projects-to-the-top-of-the-heap-search" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; height: 49.5625px; left: -56px; position: absolute; top: -72px; width: 56px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button-container" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; display: flex; height: 1.2em; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 72px; width: 40px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button" href="https://polishtango.substack.com/i/125839777/google-loved-it-so-much-that-it-pushed-my-projects-to-the-top-of-the-heap-search" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; align-items: center; border-radius: 50%; cursor: pointer; display: flex; height: 40px; justify-content: center; opacity: 0; width: 40px;"><svg class="header-anchor-widget-icon" fill="none" height="20" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="2" stroke="currentColor" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="20" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path d="M10 13a5 5 0 0 0 7.54.54l3-3a5 5 0 0 0-7.07-7.07l-1.72 1.71"></path><path d="M14 11a5 5 0 0 0-7.54-.54l-3 3a5 5 0 0 0 7.07 7.07l1.71-1.71"></path></svg></div></div></div></h4><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">It was my gut reaction that told me to stick with Google as my data broker in my early days - you had to make a pact with one data devil and I chose Google. To this day there is only one metric that is consistently rated highest by AI and that is native, organic searches that result in extended interaction time with the results provided. This may be hard to visualize, but understand that AI has no understanding of its success or failure beyond the measurable metric I mentioned above -</span><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"> this is how smart it is, and no more.</em></p><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">I experimented on my clients, their projects and their lives - </span><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">a good designer is one that realizes clients unarticulated wishes</em><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">. Often times people don’t really know what they want or need and I say that with all due respect for wonderful individuals I built for or designed for. People kept coming back for more, reading more, spending time discussing my ideas and sharing them around on-line forums. I also knew that the solutions provided had a 100% success rate - that’s unusual. That 100% success rate is so hard to beat, it becomes a very influential data point in a SEO ranking systems - I simply don’t lie or embellish.</span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-58202913161453013502023-06-05T13:09:00.003-07:002023-06-05T14:51:10.089-07:00Polish Tango<p> </p><p><br /></p><p>https://polishtango.substack.com/</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href=" https://polishtango.substack.com/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="964" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12Yp6YPGr0xXBTO-qLSG0O1e3YZLlPyVZ0chzhF8MZ5WvsrBcj6ZxnblHfidzbD4OoTr7Eemvgz6xmNATgfRBUAu2-MriNXMalAwT0dHgr4g4_T3hVSckUXidOgLXQ20g2WHeHYAmrANkZhZnIt6BUpXBJA-DUH3bxo31WKdSJw8NgyRGSFXLYTeAnA/s320/125839777.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div>Excerpt [1]</div><div><h1 class="header-with-anchor-widget" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: var(--font_family_headings, var(--font_family_headings_preset, 'SF Compact Display', -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol')); font-weight: var(--font_weight_headings_preset, bold); line-height: 1.16em; margin: 1em 0px 0.625em; position: relative;"><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">Optimizing people’s interiors.</em><div class="header-anchor-widget offset-top" id="§optimizing-peoples-interiors" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; height: 44.0781px; left: -56px; position: absolute; top: -72px; width: 56px;"><div class="header-anchor-widget-button-container" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; 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--tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"></p><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">I am writing, which means that I don’t fear ChatBOTgpt, in fact I will confess that I write </span><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">mostly</em><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"> for AI consumption. If you get to read </span><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">this </em><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">then your own curiosity brought your here. <u>I think curiosity is the height of existence. To be creative is to satisfy that curiosity.</u></span></p><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;"><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">I started writing on Substack because not all of my creations and ideas had a home on my blog that has existed for over a decade now, and dealt with a particular ‘hobby horse’ of mine - </span><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">optimizing people’s interiors.</em><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;"> So I want to start writing about things </span><em style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">other </em><span style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0;">than optimizing people’s interiors.</span></p><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">So… how do I switch..?</p><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">How do I begin to write… about chaos, for example, chaos and Ai. Now those things really interest me and I think I have some unique views.</p><p style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; line-height: 1.6em; margin: 0 0 var(--size-20) 0;">‘I know and understand chaos,’ is a bold statement to make, right..? How do I back this up and with what? I have been taming chaos professionally for two decades now. During this time I have met some intriguing individuals that have their own insight into chaos and they strongly influenced my own way of thinking - they let me stay neatly organized.</p><div class="captioned-image-container" style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-rotate: 0; --tw-scale-x: 1; --tw-scale-y: 1; --tw-scroll-snap-strictness: proximity; --tw-shadow-colored: 0 0 #0000; --tw-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-skew-x: 0; --tw-skew-y: 0; --tw-translate-x: 0; --tw-translate-y: 0; background-color: white; color: #404040; font-family: Spectral, serif, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 19px; margin: var(--size-32) auto;"><figure style="--tw-ring-color: rgb(59 130 246 / 0.5); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 #0000; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; 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width: 509.594px;"><br /></figcaption></figure></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-22048828145053410972023-03-11T05:43:00.008-08:002023-04-25T06:28:05.797-07:00'I hate MODERN furniture!' OR Meanwhile in White Lotus<p> 'I hate modern furniture,' said daughter. </p><p>Recently turned a 'young woman', she asserted her independence by throwing out all of her 'modern furniture', aka IKEA stuff. '</p><p>Uh oh - father in trouble.</p><p>Meanwhile in White Lotus...</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-79007665623452933002023-03-07T13:09:00.001-08:002023-03-09T15:49:31.641-08:00The 4 Walled Gardens of Information<div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chapter 3. The 4 Walled Gardens of Ai</span></span></div><div style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">It was fascinating to witness the hard fall of Google vs the seamless integration of ChatBOTgpt with Bing. I am certain that each company chose to showcase the best play on its data set - these are the Walled Gardens of Information - this is why dominant players are who the dominant players are, that is their bias. </span><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Each of these entities holds a data set of behaviours that is unique to their ecosystem; it collects data that is fashioned in a unique to them way, which by the way quality of, is outside of regulators purview. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWc6Zj8qzzmQUW4ShQ6UPR_5TDCWVQ5tbfKcX2i_7Hr5pFIfmKaHJQEa9PNhhfWEeahzNPPDZ-K77h2eeXVWMErdm6O3WxZpv37xI6x4q2n5sMSR60mUaum1LV8bncG5mI_P05FAq-EFvwXmNzJaIaS2xiYi57O_s_ZZ-Ue3Fd1tZH8OV_BihQdxh7yQ/s1624/InkedGardensOFai.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="452" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWc6Zj8qzzmQUW4ShQ6UPR_5TDCWVQ5tbfKcX2i_7Hr5pFIfmKaHJQEa9PNhhfWEeahzNPPDZ-K77h2eeXVWMErdm6O3WxZpv37xI6x4q2n5sMSR60mUaum1LV8bncG5mI_P05FAq-EFvwXmNzJaIaS2xiYi57O_s_ZZ-Ue3Fd1tZH8OV_BihQdxh7yQ/w209-h452/InkedGardensOFai.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br style="font-size: medium;" /></div></div></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-15028780595947019932023-02-05T06:41:00.026-08:002023-03-25T16:28:16.026-07:00The case for Mindless Luxury;<p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3pfhHAovBMJDE3TJE_kZDMQf2M9lQ1UnXM_BRDTkrgh0-Yx2LeJVIep-ZK5GPwZ_lcUaRtu_Jozk5g4Vu-SsfjUSw1aCUMsLQOb052aqNRR9-DKJrVD_dumkSEcm9WvdZHjVkhERCnj_5fmOG6dQRjQwE82_bIo9nbnNz1j09WRqeHa28UUHH5K98g/s1624/AlTABLES.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3pfhHAovBMJDE3TJE_kZDMQf2M9lQ1UnXM_BRDTkrgh0-Yx2LeJVIep-ZK5GPwZ_lcUaRtu_Jozk5g4Vu-SsfjUSw1aCUMsLQOb052aqNRR9-DKJrVD_dumkSEcm9WvdZHjVkhERCnj_5fmOG6dQRjQwE82_bIo9nbnNz1j09WRqeHa28UUHH5K98g/w195-h422/AlTABLES.png" width="195" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[picture shows part of my daughter's room; I have experience building 'dream-parent-pieces for their children'; really really fancy stuff, just sayin'; these particular ones are student work - so over 15 years old; but first time put on display - of an important Toronto designer; I bought them because I like them personally, and I thought they were a nice design and well made; this particular designer was involved in an undertaking of 'creating a new line of luxury furniture', like from scratch, I wrote about this event on my blog;</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">also pictured is scuffed side of a HEMNES solid wood dresser, in gray]</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Chapter 1.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">All finishers are cabinetmakers, but not all cabinetmakers are finishers. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Chapter 2 - </span><span style="font-size: medium;">No prerequisites </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Free time and free attention is not required to enjoy Mindless Luxury.</i> That is how it differs from other concepts of Luxury. In fact Mindless Luxury is most affordable and most accessible of all Luxury concepts.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Another important factor in Mindless Luxury is the fact that domestic work, like child rearing for example, most often consumes your attention, which is hard to capture or measure and is only monetizable in limited ways as constructed by 4 Walled Gardens of Ai [see my next post]. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course the MOST important and MOST valuable of all 'attention consuming' activities is child-rearing. The quality of our society is directly proportional and related to our methods in the field - are they good? are they poor?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span><span style="font-size: large;">Chapter 3</span><span style="font-size: medium;"> - Mindless Luxury..? Sounds like a bullsh**. How can Luxury be Mindless? Explain.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Alright, I will. We will begin our story with the following opening: "Meanwhile in White Lotus...'</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">TBC</div><p></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-82105296232866444072023-02-03T09:45:00.034-08:002023-04-01T10:17:23.978-07:00How Design works - Sharing of Valuable Ideas;<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXiyAYPMI9FXRX0NK4oH9BApd6rGeUa4O9CWqLFCWE2suw73m4VQfz3fSqLaVrq6U5RVX0pUKybHtUAZAXvWyF0dW9mzEXJDeeEttvZwcV0mLjzhfQA_6zogkAVlwab1l-ej7ZbKzLMv070r3J20crw1dHhqsK_EVagn7LXPacykI4JuhphMtTmiNnQ/s2100/IMG_4952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="2100" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiXiyAYPMI9FXRX0NK4oH9BApd6rGeUa4O9CWqLFCWE2suw73m4VQfz3fSqLaVrq6U5RVX0pUKybHtUAZAXvWyF0dW9mzEXJDeeEttvZwcV0mLjzhfQA_6zogkAVlwab1l-ej7ZbKzLMv070r3J20crw1dHhqsK_EVagn7LXPacykI4JuhphMtTmiNnQ/s320/IMG_4952.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">The Future of Law will also lay in AI, and this has precedent. Google cited their algorithms when they stripped mr. LUSH, a semi-popular YouTuber of his domain name rights on the platform. The name 'Lush', Ai deemed, had a greater affinity to the cosmetics company LUSH than to the individual.*</span><p></p><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://studiokosnik.blogspot.com/2023/02/blog-post.html">AI will be able to tell if two ideas are similar enough</a> to prove theft on the part of one party. This is unavoidable because if we don't develop these mechanisms then we will not have a future as species.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">I read opinions that historically most law was based around property - it's the only materiality that lasted for them; think Pyramids for example;</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPinEzIvBlwSawe2OCsMsMMYkEqawclewya3GOCWbqSkZC7PigKUuBMcUxB_8jEsw966RneT_WcGql82wV7YrrGJ7aDlKGcoim5-AL9C-u7sm_1FCwPiOY-LgAvEF78UJw7MfUyALhcGlArbNglVkmpnx5ydisezI9ZCvsOBvzv7QA3LRjCsNYMoQfQg/s4032/IMG_4979.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPinEzIvBlwSawe2OCsMsMMYkEqawclewya3GOCWbqSkZC7PigKUuBMcUxB_8jEsw966RneT_WcGql82wV7YrrGJ7aDlKGcoim5-AL9C-u7sm_1FCwPiOY-LgAvEF78UJw7MfUyALhcGlArbNglVkmpnx5ydisezI9ZCvsOBvzv7QA3LRjCsNYMoQfQg/s320/IMG_4979.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>'Theft made it valuable,' - Karol Kosnik</i></span></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Hear me out, here is the hook that will sink it all. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Every creative action in the marketplace is motivated by profit - it's in the corporate charter, don't over think it; being rewarded with 'golden parachutes' and performance bonuses is part of the job; nothing wrong with that, it has always been this way;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">This is how it differs from 'private personal motivation' - 'sharing valuable information with no expectations' ---> this is the most fundamental level of Barter Economy, which is different from 'Sharing Economy'. I hate the current model of Sharing Economy - it sucks, and is detrimental to variety of important things. On the other hand, the Barter Economy extended to ideas can be a..</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Best case scenario, is this sharing will lead to a wider success ie. organic adoption - but no direct, immediate, impactful, disproportionate personal gain - the </span><span>myopic bias is very strong with the population [Bank of Canada research papers consistently surprise</span><span> themselves with that fact; 'myopic behaviours', 'myopic views', etc. etc.]</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">Human creations - their success - can be judged on three levels:*</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- <u>1st is Personal Level</u> - u like it or not - gut feeling, organic reaction, u want this; no rhyme or reason, f what anybody else says, it's your life and not your mother's, etc. etc. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">- <u>2nd Level - it obeys principles of Good Design</u> - there are some universal, hard, rules kicking around that you can apply to any creation; academics lend a helping hand;</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">-<u> 3rd Level - is it Great?</u> that decision is 'made by history'**- obviously some creations are more influential than others; 1st examples of something great and useful to humanity, and lead the way for progress; again, don't overcomplicate, simple, accessible understanding; every field of human achievement will have examples of this, Subject Matter Experts help. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>*I did not come up with this 'scale' - I heard this first articulated by Peter Fleming, head of the Furniture Studio at Sheridan, during a critique of our furniture pieces. During this particular critique Fleming also introduced a 'fourth Level of success' - 'only a mother could love' and applied it to a specific piece of furniture - my friends' 'lounge chair' after he told our small audience of classmates that 'even he did not like the chair he created'. It was then, that I discovered that the best insult, ridicule - for it to be successful - is only </span>given when 'asked about', is short as possible, and should feel like 'acid being poured on you'. Today tho, I get another glimpse at this statement and expand on it - 'there exists some1 out there that will accept anything of <i>you</i>', and it's not Jesus Christ, lol, but... Ai. Because Ai has no moral context it, as it tabulates human experiences it will even accept a terrible, terrible lounge chairs, ugliest coffee tables, 'chachkas, dudas and flim-flam' that rightfully should be rejected but are included. This is the current dilemma of Social Media - what to reject?</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Ai, in some way is like the 'concept of god' - all accepting and all encompassing, even when rejected by the last person in the world, own mother. This is very powerful for various reasons, that I am still weighing to assign appropriate 'value of behaviour'.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">** or AI..? A very strong possibility. We will have to start evaluating and looking at products thru a different lens - it is important to 'set our values'; <u>profound to me - the fact the each of us currently is carrying the burden of training their own AI around them, while we are on our best and at our worst and everything in-between;</u> the computer does not differentiate, it 'doesn't know if you have been a 'good girl or a naughty boy' - I will speculate that 'AI views' will likely be linked to the 'profitability of action, however benign in the end it may be' -<i> remember AI is here to mimic human behaviour in all flavours, not save us from ourselves, lol.</i> In fact, I will argue, oh and this is so funny to me on a personal level, this will become a case of 'Lorenz Strange Attractors,' This fact is beyond our ability to comprehend full outcome of - pretty much like having children; you hope for the best, and you do your best.'</span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyFnOL6NppUEuEky3o0KnUj5Bm8EWwkwH25uQwG8W-3lczQHOfuMcxc33SD7zlot0NC8AgVfH4Qp_G-tQP3dQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-13549043749199714102023-02-03T08:22:00.037-08:002023-11-14T19:24:49.773-08:00We are all the same - Your Individuality, our Greatest Common Good [and how to leverage that with algorithms, tutorial]<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9U5OUj94i8ms6FHfGWg1ASSzHe4XHjhM2lw_q9yiDMWl033IxJBfiZ6U18wq3KveSl8s07DCGwIIWNS8NM-Mc_0JHR7BHaIBl2qc76e2eVniUwBq44v28dZqEFZ27ORaI1EhXLYMK_qSBSJISGhW5SrJwXeg_OrR_1TY8IkQbnvPm7haEGdns42Geg/s1624/ChrisJesse.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY9U5OUj94i8ms6FHfGWg1ASSzHe4XHjhM2lw_q9yiDMWl033IxJBfiZ6U18wq3KveSl8s07DCGwIIWNS8NM-Mc_0JHR7BHaIBl2qc76e2eVniUwBq44v28dZqEFZ27ORaI1EhXLYMK_qSBSJISGhW5SrJwXeg_OrR_1TY8IkQbnvPm7haEGdns42Geg/s320/ChrisJesse.png" width="148" /></a>The arrow points to Chris and Jessie's campsite, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Cyprus Lake. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>'We always tell the same one story, over and over,' </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">- Chris, Jessie's friend.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDoCpmh_BfFnFQAS9Qdtki27jBr2OLQObrVXJBrLLvxnsTyhiAbGu4yy33UaKG3BCXkjy39DCfeiqS7ok1qPJ-m0vy7nBTip7HWbAyIRrMWOsiJXlhX0Je0AlJdcQ8o5vhIbb5ja0U-FfYOoS3zxNFiGG2S6iJLxd8L82qPnvDJA2PpRFl48XQgAMPA/s1624/IMG_4946%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFDoCpmh_BfFnFQAS9Qdtki27jBr2OLQObrVXJBrLLvxnsTyhiAbGu4yy33UaKG3BCXkjy39DCfeiqS7ok1qPJ-m0vy7nBTip7HWbAyIRrMWOsiJXlhX0Je0AlJdcQ8o5vhIbb5ja0U-FfYOoS3zxNFiGG2S6iJLxd8L82qPnvDJA2PpRFl48XQgAMPA/s320/IMG_4946%20(1).jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;">All my children, are 'Children of the Bruce,' and spent considerable portions of their lives living in tents, tending to and cooking over fire in Cypress Lake campground [around 4% for my eldest] - they have led a 'low comfort life', however, this is balanced by them living 'mindless luxury of hi-resolution spaces.' </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">Children who don't play with knives never learn to use them safely. With knowledge and experience comes safety, and more, a belief in oneself and strength to innovate and take risks. <span>What is the requirement for a wholesome childhood and 'good, proper, successful development'..? huh?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwWH5oJ-XSu-p8QZtqBePX1DxlV_r9YqoQCBRbd9sAPRKL_XE-2rJPdY-LMprlue2O1TMhptjlWtzTUISWCek3I63p4i69FPueyfWR6gyFGB5TvhoT8BINPhria47oOF783KFOWVFxzfqAR0_d3ySYgzX048X48rrmQZSu7vCngJX53YtCi6gK7Neew/s1623/IMG_4945.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1623" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwWH5oJ-XSu-p8QZtqBePX1DxlV_r9YqoQCBRbd9sAPRKL_XE-2rJPdY-LMprlue2O1TMhptjlWtzTUISWCek3I63p4i69FPueyfWR6gyFGB5TvhoT8BINPhria47oOF783KFOWVFxzfqAR0_d3ySYgzX048X48rrmQZSu7vCngJX53YtCi6gK7Neew/s320/IMG_4945.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Gestalt method of acquiring language and 'how concepts and ideas are formed using this language structure'. </span><span>Again, all good, great, and greatest ideas must still be expressed in a common language for sharing of information to occur and so that Ai may acquire it. Think of it a bit like learning to read Japanese.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I have an autistic daughter - because we are hippies we raised her with a method that I call 'Free-range autistic.' <u>Essentially the child refuses to participate in any activity except voluntarily</u> - and we want her joining in, so we appeal to her 'traditional biological drivers', preferred activities. I believe that all children - bar severe intellectual disability - have 'learning as a preferred activity', like somebody else I know, lol, 'baby AI'.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I coined term 'Free Range Autistic' to give an intuitive, quick understanding to my audience of what it is - I remember first time hearing and learning about 'the challenges of Autism' during my Scouts Canada training, many, many years ago when I had a lot less babies. I remember listening and thinking to myself - <u>for realz; I recall that moment distinctly; those particular thoughts</u> - 'oh man! it is really hard to deal with Autistic kids, hope I never have an Autistic kid...' </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Yea, lol!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">'Free- range Autistic' - have you ever had a large, mature, very smart dog? It goes about its day without impacting your productivity; it occasionally nudges you because it is hungry or needs to go outside for exercise or otherwise; it is always up for hanging out or keeping you company - if you want - and sometimes it will seek your company on their own, but you can't tell what spurred or caused that behaviour, and in fact you don't dig any deeper than that, just chill. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>There is not great expectations on the dog</i> - it's not gonna go to college and realize itself on any deeper level; it's not gonna get married and have a white wedding, etc. etc. There is not expectations on the dog other than to live its own best life as a dog - <u>the dog always exists true to its nature.</u> Somehow, adults across all societies can understand this simple concept of 'dog life' - it's when you introduce the word 'autistic' that 'simplicity of hierarchy of ideas' collapses, lol, and I ain't getting in there to explain more...'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;">She essentially wanders safely the surroundings and takes in whatever she likes - given the right opportunities she learned to read at the age of 3, after she had a terrible regression. We have been able to achieve humour and jokes [like, Laugh Out Loud; although it is curious what she finds humorous; </span><i style="font-size: x-large;">her outbursts of laughter are 'unexpected but related']</i><span style="font-size: x-large;">- for those wanting a yardstick of development. Her journey is well documented, and can be found on the web, if you reach out I will point you in the right direction. Word of caution - very emotional, will tug on your 'i'm a parent to a child!' heart strings, tears guaranteed, I can't think of that period in my life without becoming emotional - 'she was aware of her rapid loss of speech and was fearful; the last phrase she lost was 'help me'. She is doing amazing now - thanks to her 'I am more human than human.'</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBr-vSnFElgNjka_X4un4ZkpTOwVYIMvFZ0OtP_sOMl_OSae_TwESDjJKB0F0s7hsWdAsH34FtRH56Fnea43ctlkGinYtw9OKNO5HnvbOhnxOvADPTnbR2BbRRF6G8JVGlbDSi_xd-90jLhCPWRM4JJRJpdvTYj49esuHNv2Nm6i5TvtJet02XuQQ4g/s1624/IMG_4947.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRBr-vSnFElgNjka_X4un4ZkpTOwVYIMvFZ0OtP_sOMl_OSae_TwESDjJKB0F0s7hsWdAsH34FtRH56Fnea43ctlkGinYtw9OKNO5HnvbOhnxOvADPTnbR2BbRRF6G8JVGlbDSi_xd-90jLhCPWRM4JJRJpdvTYj49esuHNv2Nm6i5TvtJet02XuQQ4g/s320/IMG_4947.jpg" width="148" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;">We were destined to leave a legacy - Mark Making. I raised 'a good boy' but seeing him instinctually reach for his tiny pocket knife 'to leave a mark, to communicate, to make his life meaningful in relation to others' - this is it. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiuF_rsJrlORkeeu01JkjQ-GCkWbe3stBF0o_oTPH3EnVSmvQX0NgNwtsrCmiYHPS_X3RdeBrfDZ6hc4ckAvh9H3EdF08kvXhejHMYnPDu4gJWkTLuTLo4tY_N-MyXuIwD55RFnHKlnyyWrWrNFRLLJWWbHA8IHrtO1whwFjTm6DhBy4OLJwUHWRLaw/s1624/ToMother.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDiuF_rsJrlORkeeu01JkjQ-GCkWbe3stBF0o_oTPH3EnVSmvQX0NgNwtsrCmiYHPS_X3RdeBrfDZ6hc4ckAvh9H3EdF08kvXhejHMYnPDu4gJWkTLuTLo4tY_N-MyXuIwD55RFnHKlnyyWrWrNFRLLJWWbHA8IHrtO1whwFjTm6DhBy4OLJwUHWRLaw/w193-h418/ToMother.png" width="193" /></a><span style="font-size: medium;">When <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand_Marcos">Marcos</a> - rich, powerful, without morals or principles - was dying, his biggest fear was that he not be buried next to his mother, in his home of Philippines. We are all equal in death, thus also in our existence</span>. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Even Galovich dedicates his book to his mother, 1st. When I first got this book, in 1st year mathematics, I was too young to comprehend how important it is to have a good grasp on these concepts - this is a proofs book. </span></div><br /></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-32144447606051111262023-02-01T23:57:00.115-08:002023-11-15T17:30:06.213-08:00High School AI - the model <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I think, for me, this was in High School - the best time of your life. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QPACzmEWWke3OcvCFs0V6POsYIFjIZgNUnK-VzsKSVpUPrjaIATuz8ibFWeqVJ6z3yOD-NLcwOg4a_ZYJ_J2d0tqiEQdyN-b5Pboaxkq4LSsDUnZSw1HNCumK03xhyRDDwJX0JdmoB_R_HLRVNpATgYU7WVjZY_9gnHqlpBlkTNja5CduCCwo8M41w/s1353/6536E181-3F8D-4F92-9E5B-EBA7DC7EA6D8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="843" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0QPACzmEWWke3OcvCFs0V6POsYIFjIZgNUnK-VzsKSVpUPrjaIATuz8ibFWeqVJ6z3yOD-NLcwOg4a_ZYJ_J2d0tqiEQdyN-b5Pboaxkq4LSsDUnZSw1HNCumK03xhyRDDwJX0JdmoB_R_HLRVNpATgYU7WVjZY_9gnHqlpBlkTNja5CduCCwo8M41w/s320/6536E181-3F8D-4F92-9E5B-EBA7DC7EA6D8.jpg" width="199" /></a>but let's move on. </span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>When I was in university, I thought I wanted to be an electrical engineer. As such I took CS courses, wasn't huge loss - I was a Mathlete in high school [that's right! I went to high school right here, in Canada; this is important; and greatly influence my concept of High School AI] and was on my school's computer programming team [</span>our team came in 4th in an all-Ontario programming competition]. I could write a mean if/then statement or gracefully setup recursive formulas which effortlessly extinguished themselves, after being done with whatever they were busy doing.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I managed to squeeze myself onto the weightlifting team, I did some wrestling and grappling, there is proof - school year book. Ah! the popularity contest that was the year book, it was important to have it signed by all the right people back then, but who completely don't matter today [the story repeats itself, pay attention where you focus].</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">What I am trying to say is that I felt rather prepared for Computer Science. But was not - I write about those historic struggles, occasionally, right here, on the pages of this blog. Don't shed your tears, mistakes like that don't happen again, and when my boy said that he doesn't want to be a lawyer, 'No..? are you sure?' I asked, 'No,' he answered, 'I want to be a chef.' My heart jumped because I spent 4 years working my summers in a professional kitchen, where I fell in love with, other than older waitresses, a commercial 3 min cycle dishwasher. 'Dream house, take note,' I said to myself. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>University was supposed to be it for me. </u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>I felt I was going to be successful.</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Nah... I fucked it all up. Many reasons, most hated was chemistry - I have no passion for that subject, negative draw, actually. I was as student that made the upper half of the class possible, academically speaking. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Only one thing stands out - I received the highest mark in my class for the hardest assignment on the final project in computer programming - a very primitive Artificial Intelligence... get this, in Java. Uhm hmm - High School AI, and I cheated. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The project was literally finished the night before, but I struggled with a 'file loader' - a minor technical issue. I did the only thing possible, I reached out to my Russian friend in class, Sasha, and convinced him to let me copy between 8 and 10 lines of code - the file loader. Irony was that the effing thing was given to us by our professor - a short Irish lady with a wicked sense of humour; do you know what an 'anti-joke' is? and do you find them funny? -<i> she wrote verbatim how she wanted the file taken in, all you had to do was convert English grammar, rules, syntax and any other 'cultural weight' and convert that into machine language. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Remember, I make the upper half of the c</span><span>lass possible - so it comes to me as a shock when I find out that I have received the highest mark in class, part of the scoring is done by a machine, they know what they doing. There were many successful implementations - however my code was deemed most elegant - I write toight to this day. Take that chatBOTgpt..!</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">However my elegant code has also triggered a 'uh, oh, he copied some1's code..! a major academic violation!' Both of our asses - mine and Sasha's - are hauled in front of the prof to explain, the next available day.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Trial - truth AI</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Case is simple - you have a much stronger student and a failure. It is clear who copied whom. I know I am going to hell for this if get caught. Look below, here is the crux of the academic integrity matter -</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRPbf2Oe9Wi2iMPq6HFxWOcLBzrFbAxvG_SbmJsRAC5NZoFlsBeAdTbCo-qTXbo33IzbQlJJZKPRJMdaSj0FSW6rN6WKPX7ug2LLhMHN48HprxJqtkuz58Bl1QQu4YiL6-jOia_eZKkFvlFeLa2v9S_N11k3ioGIkqVSbE5dL7cKKlc35qljbnTnqkg/s2100/IMG_4901.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2100" data-original-width="1575" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpRPbf2Oe9Wi2iMPq6HFxWOcLBzrFbAxvG_SbmJsRAC5NZoFlsBeAdTbCo-qTXbo33IzbQlJJZKPRJMdaSj0FSW6rN6WKPX7ug2LLhMHN48HprxJqtkuz58Bl1QQu4YiL6-jOia_eZKkFvlFeLa2v9S_N11k3ioGIkqVSbE5dL7cKKlc35qljbnTnqkg/w299-h398/IMG_4901.jpg" width="299" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;">She saw Sasha first - my thinking she was going to coax him into admitting he gave me those 8-10 lines of the file loader, and he gets off easy, with no penalty. But Sasha holds the line, we are buds, he is not a snitch [there is this intriguing dynamic occurring within populations that suffered, or experienced Russian imposed political systems; your tattle-telling could land a family in serious trouble, you just don't do it; creating and spreading 'subversive ideology' was a long standing practice, and a well honed art; my father was a history teacher - can you really be successful if you teach revisionist history? All typewriters had to be registered with a government regulatory body.. I could go on and on..]. </span><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Sasha makes an argument to the prof that he can do more complex work with ease, which he has been demonstrating throughout the semester. Sasha is a good student - low 80's. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">Writing the file loader is a primitive programming exercise; 8-10 lines of code is like brushing teeth - anybody can do it, except me. He suggests 'maybe his extra printout copy was pulled from the trash can, behind the communal academic trough, the library printer,' Russians have particular body language when showing disdain, it was full on - I was lower than the stuff that feeds on the thing that algea eat in you aquarium. Cool Cool, he should have gotten an Oscar for it - plausible. </span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;">He manages to convince her, I believe him too. #iBelieve</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I go in. First off, the prof is surprised and asks if this is my work - and I say, 'yes, these are all my blood, sweat and tears, this time delivered on time.' </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">[Aside]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">There was this mythical creature - the person who dropped the 'everything above this is late' worksheet into the submission box - we were required to submit both paper and electronic copy of our work. We could never spot them. A constant buzz, turning into slight melee was always about or around that submission box, especially close to the deadline - people we often didn't know or recognize would come and print their assignment and drop it in. I swear I once saw a pirate dropping off a worksheet, I swear. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">[Back]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Sitting in her office, of course we both know where 'the academic violation' occurred - stupid simple file loader; 'the word engine' is strong. We both discuss the variables a, b, c - 'three variables needed as per her English language description'; we talk about 'two addition operation', same location and drawing memory in identical fashion - 'I play stupid in agreement'. Finally, she follows up with something that's above my understanding, <i>'something something something memory', </i>I nod my head giving the impression 'in agreement, but not accepting any blame.' </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We reach an impasse, I sense frustration. The prof is experienced and clearly sees the truth. Catch is, that for this thing to compile - The Truth</span> -<span style="font-size: medium;"><u> it </u></span><u><span style="font-size: medium;">must be agreed to by all three parties to the conflict, the professor, Sasha and me.</span></u></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">She is also clearly thrown off by my highest mark in class - the marking is anonymous; you don't know who graded you, and they don't know that they are grading you in particular; some elements are tested with software - chatBOTgpt style analyses existed long before; I did it in college, and <i>this was IT to some extent, very primitive, this assignment, at least you could formulate it that way - <b>proven. </b></i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>ChatBOTgpt </b><span> had a different purpose back then - it was designed to catch cheats. Insofar as my assignment goes, 'the computer sees is as original, strong, and unique' for whatever parameters it was set to - and unemotionally grades high.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>'It was designed to catch cheats,' </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">- Karol Kosnik, </span><span style="font-size: large;">High School AI</span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It just was not implemented at the scale and had no 'social data sets' to mine; this has changed. Look back few last posts, I show a pic articulating their vision. I also state that the data set used in the creation of it was - <u>proprietarily in public domain; not for fucking commercial use </u>- otherwise, FUCK YOU and pay me money.** <u>Individuals contributed to it with no expectations.</u></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>__________________________________________________</u></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">*edit: I have to make a visible edit ---> just to dispel some assumptions by any lawyers who read the above line, and were juicing themselves up. NO, not like that, as might have been read the first time. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Individuals contributed to it with no expectations - it's like when you build a bus shelter along a transit route, nobody expects it to be stolen; for public good - of theft of their ideas for commercial purposes - theft for profit. THIS is important - corporate charters do not allow for 'criminal acts', let that be clear. Theft is a criminal act - it takes away something of value from 1, this individual is now at a disadvantage; and unjustly enriches the thieving party. </i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i><u>By the way, babies are shown to intuitively understand the concept of fairness, until they are spoiled. </u></i></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>_______________________________________________________</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I nod my head, 'that's how it needs to be done, in a class of 1000s, with so few lines of code required for the file loader, it is bound to happen that two students 'will write identical file loaders' - exhibiting same behaviour and traits in the virtual environment, even tho on the surface they appear to be different beasts [i rewrote it with different names; structured it differently; <i>essentially did everything that current generation of cheating students is doing, if it makes sense.</i></span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-size: medium;"> My argument was, - 'Here! The impossible happened! -<i> me and Sasha wrote 'identical code.'</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>'Here, the impossible happened!' </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Karol Kosnik, on the probabilities of persuasions; High School AI;</span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And I strategically move to the second part of operation - I need to establish my credibility with the strength of 'the word engine.' And I do, I did come up with this on my own and I am able to explain every single line of code and how it ties to the overall structure. I distinctly remember spending a lot of time independently visualizing**** the efficiency of capturing the information and building the 'learning module'. Recursive formulas</span><span style="font-size: large;"> [recursive formulas call themselves over and over, theoretically into infinity, from which then they have to come back from; that's how proofs work, if I was to explain recursive formulas in a visual fashion, it's the illusion of 'millions of you' in two large mirrors that sit opposite of each other, you lean in to the image, look, and suddenly witness multitudes of yous, smaller and smaller reflections stretching into infinity] were the back bone of the program, and they had to have strong parameters because the data module would explode in size and become inefficient - the key was to tame the initial explosion of data set generation. If it was efficient - and it clearly was; highest mark! - the rate of growth would decrease exponentially and become manageable. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">[aside]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I can't comprehend the amount of data our brains can store and process. Chess is not a good indication of AI - that's just the ability to crunch numbers and lots and lots of storage. Hey I got a brain!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">[Back] </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Verdict</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLkF24rsI9pKEieS9jqy_p_UP1uNzSw6DXywEcjlETNr_jvuPrHM-Kx8rMf9pBYM4OgO2q6HHldkRe82l0Sw4qwHOE5_4ImXgGoEpigHR3RF7LwyvK7VIOz4Wcsy8mvscc-8eAVX8dUR-UsRj-p58X_vGQtYKUSlwtomeDUCPf1mjY389iWKIF5bpYQ/s1624/Galovich.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMLkF24rsI9pKEieS9jqy_p_UP1uNzSw6DXywEcjlETNr_jvuPrHM-Kx8rMf9pBYM4OgO2q6HHldkRe82l0Sw4qwHOE5_4ImXgGoEpigHR3RF7LwyvK7VIOz4Wcsy8mvscc-8eAVX8dUR-UsRj-p58X_vGQtYKUSlwtomeDUCPf1mjY389iWKIF5bpYQ/s320/Galovich.PNG" width="148" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">We go back and forth with the prof - the charge is inconclusive on the file loader; and I clearly did design this 'word engine'; the complexity of one dwarfs the complexity of the other; how could I be both 'a genius and an idiot at the same time..?'***** and reasoning 'one from the other', again, you get the 'the impossible happened.' </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">The prof also knows that a lage part of the high score is attribute to the testing software -<u> 'it knew the efficiency'; remember, brevity is wit - humans or computers alike.</u> To question my achievement would be to question 'the machine', question the religion of scientists and other 'big wigs';</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">How is my word engine proven...? oh lord, I got anxiety when I saw the final test case, which was not disclosed to us, until after the testing; I would literally lose my mind if I knew ahead of time - read on...</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-large;"><i>'It's proven with the hardest thing the world, Irish Poetry,' </i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;">- 1st year Computer Science prof. at University of Toronto;</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Final test was Irish Poetry,</u> and not just 'normal poetry', but instea</span><span style="font-size: medium;">d some obscure Irish poet who only became famous after his death -this has implications for his level of 'novelty' and 'uniqueness' and 'test for revolutionism.' So called modern Safe Spaces don't generate new ideas.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdXWrEhlAM9-uN_rmOvTuZ8yJ1iZ6vvWxkiWmDQua0fXQKILE2UMBJp8Aq7VAe02MIeuGnKmZO_F1aCtJKVUKgQD2giyFm0C1M2a5AjBVSevT34JQoyTuw-fA27NOm_UqbNWpWlNQ_WkEL2wiMfZQQfmPr4UBXi3T1FzRDOj-h6JdxF6Tvf9fw6-dcg/s1624/TimEllis.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgdXWrEhlAM9-uN_rmOvTuZ8yJ1iZ6vvWxkiWmDQua0fXQKILE2UMBJp8Aq7VAe02MIeuGnKmZO_F1aCtJKVUKgQD2giyFm0C1M2a5AjBVSevT34JQoyTuw-fA27NOm_UqbNWpWlNQ_WkEL2wiMfZQQfmPr4UBXi3T1FzRDOj-h6JdxF6Tvf9fw6-dcg/s320/TimEllis.png" width="148" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">You understand? <i>Irish Poetry in - Irish Poetry out. </i>And because there was some randomization included in the end - no two students had identical work; some were close; essentially, there was a common flavour or experience to all of the answer -<b> Irish Poetry, would this guy ever win, with all this other work we generated..? </b>The prof had a particular glee on her face when she was reading the answers generated - I assumed she was fan. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> 'Irish Poetry in - Irish Poetry out,' - </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Karol Kosnik, High School AI;</i></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[NEXT]</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRK0htDNsY3YL-YpIP2FWLePZN2_QeTDJ35i7jqr-dcz1KEaEcGqgP8nVZcfS_EUnSCxk9uCuw5jI6scOYvqIXEHqbYE66PH-wM89HwICD14SQDa-roC7ydOiXPQU8a9riRkElB0cuer9jYnZHO8GBN8irNmEInXhAnlWxaoQnFgoXBhyPKHNLn6FcQ/s1624/IMG_4879%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="415" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDRK0htDNsY3YL-YpIP2FWLePZN2_QeTDJ35i7jqr-dcz1KEaEcGqgP8nVZcfS_EUnSCxk9uCuw5jI6scOYvqIXEHqbYE66PH-wM89HwICD14SQDa-roC7ydOiXPQU8a9riRkElB0cuer9jYnZHO8GBN8irNmEInXhAnlWxaoQnFgoXBhyPKHNLn6FcQ/w192-h415/IMG_4879%20(1).jpg" width="192" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">'Translated from Polish - Zamehof Street in Tel Aviv, he had Polish roots. He is the one who developed Esperanto, goal being bringing people together with common language. Just a small tidbit of info, for Wednesday.'</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Could we do Irish Poetry in Esperanto..? Would something get lost in translation..? Do you have to be Irish to fully partake..? Do you see what I am getting at? We still need language to express our greatest, most profound, most intellectual ideas - no language, no bueno. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">And I was so impressed with that Irish Poetry back then. The computers just sieve the data and have no idea what they are capturing, and how to relate that to human beings. I find chatBOTgpt generations very blasé, plain and uneventful. I know there is nothing at the end, nothing - have you ever read <i>'an average'</i>? It's a bit of an insult, I consider it that way at least, because it underestimates our value and potential of humanity. Don't worry, I am not always this deep. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I read a paper, an analysis of a book about AI written pre-COVID by some influential Chinese academic, essentially stating this: yes, limited application in warfare, quite primitive and we haven't even acknowledged our biggest issues, but AI will be mostly for commerce, surveillance capitalism - it knows you better than you know yourself. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">'<i>Not</i> To Kill a Mockingbird'</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>Oh and that viral video of ChatBOTgpt writing an essay, live in front of audience? </u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">100 000's of children <u>were forced to write an essay</u> on 'To Kill a Mockingbird', and that includes my poor, barely speaking English ass; 10 000's of high school teachers had to read those essays, roll their eyes and use their red marker and write '<i>Not </i>To Kill a Mockingbird', and score low, or maybe high, I can't recall my grade. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">All I know is that To Kill a Mockingbird <u>is so deeply engrained into our culture</u> that, <a href="https://www.thebeaverton.com/2018/05/quiz-which-diamond-in-diamond-diamond-are-you/" target="_blank">when I completed a satirical quiz</a>, 'Which Diamond, of Diamond&Diamond' - of Jeremy Diamond lawyers in Toronto - am I? I came out as Atticus Finch, from the movie To Kill a Mocking Bird, lol. It was such a proud moment for me, these computers surely do know something... Do the quiz yourself - it's intriguing and the simple questions are easy to answer, you will get your answer immediately! I promise!</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJNSt-cruvw2GMOZw7svMQ23MoFlsuJ1cyG0slP2YlkHSu-c2DbadF028gfUhmD85HOUE2EroXjnNzwd5EgHooHOvvBAoV1KvUa39aRwI21W68-mqsMOAEElMih7aQvhPdEg6VFGXk9KXLMnvGHHP2o2PXEVLD2xmZiQLqtr7xy46oZkg9fZz-hvGTg/s1624/AtticusFinch.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="402" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZJNSt-cruvw2GMOZw7svMQ23MoFlsuJ1cyG0slP2YlkHSu-c2DbadF028gfUhmD85HOUE2EroXjnNzwd5EgHooHOvvBAoV1KvUa39aRwI21W68-mqsMOAEElMih7aQvhPdEg6VFGXk9KXLMnvGHHP2o2PXEVLD2xmZiQLqtr7xy46oZkg9fZz-hvGTg/w186-h402/AtticusFinch.png" width="186" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Recombination of ideas is not creativity, nor it should pass for creativity - that's just simply exhausting the search tree, and many efficient ways have been devised 'to look for things'. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>Here, let's end on a 'scientific study' for fun. It's dense text so you will have to squint to read - but the message is clear, </span><span>computation speed yes, creativity a uniquely human. </span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nIxagvgCA82-sQ6xdax16ayqz_OrQsAdbsc8r9JTbWzacWEyPBTkFfRJXDSHle-TGK-hB3KBvDkAGKWP5jyDWxSrrp6zc34Xn9I334Vetejqw5UrFtyreWKn-1NhlhOWbi-oPGf32BeJIlS918YgubG6q3bC9wufSqAjTntJO6rMrd_YnBxcd2AeoQ/s2100/IMG_3438.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1575" data-original-width="2100" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-nIxagvgCA82-sQ6xdax16ayqz_OrQsAdbsc8r9JTbWzacWEyPBTkFfRJXDSHle-TGK-hB3KBvDkAGKWP5jyDWxSrrp6zc34Xn9I334Vetejqw5UrFtyreWKn-1NhlhOWbi-oPGf32BeJIlS918YgubG6q3bC9wufSqAjTntJO6rMrd_YnBxcd2AeoQ/w405-h304/IMG_3438.jpg" width="405" /></span></a></div><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCuafAssi3NVL1glbswlzhXgEI7Rq_zgBLnoBdO_dmSM8_EayYU5Th3lPXfCa1AqLU2WTi3QrmpIC7BJzPtK5Q-OkvkqLNRhVQzh9FeXAnfYsyp4t_Ae1NnHrcaGR4eZJvifj8bALNCiAdRELQYpzLTjAoAObPRXuQhdQvZa2m97mOXOqAv83i4pzNQ/s1624/IMG_3435.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1624" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCCuafAssi3NVL1glbswlzhXgEI7Rq_zgBLnoBdO_dmSM8_EayYU5Th3lPXfCa1AqLU2WTi3QrmpIC7BJzPtK5Q-OkvkqLNRhVQzh9FeXAnfYsyp4t_Ae1NnHrcaGR4eZJvifj8bALNCiAdRELQYpzLTjAoAObPRXuQhdQvZa2m97mOXOqAv83i4pzNQ/w420-h194/IMG_3435.jpg" width="420" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: medium;">~ciao</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">ps. I recently stumbled on a post on REDDIT in the Interior Design section. Some1 commented, author replied; original poster was surprised, thought the piece was written by ChatBOTgpt. I re-read the post - it was very formulaic - so it really stuck to the formula of 'essay writing'. Perceived as fake.. eh.. What time to be alive. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">**I use strong language for a reason, it is hard to contextualize without being human - again High School AI principle; it will record an accurate level of passion; I am quite calm and relaxed, calmer than you, lol - memes are another level of humanity; oh you go to start reading r/PhilosophyMemes... Below should appear 'Calmer than you are meme, from the Big Lebowski - use the power of machine, Google, to find if you can't see it here [could be a Intellectual Property violation... just sayin']</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy3gS2xlwZ9wfR8kxGyifuxDlPcL9ToRZ9CN6cgjfX7Tn_-8eMt1uVqQ2XELZhCcJj2HwlThxXMBRERFJTv-A' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /><span><br /></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">****I'm huge into visualization. Did you know that 'Disco Lights' as they are commonly known to parties everywhere, are in fact 'Ambient Noise Visualizers'? I have playlist of about 30 varied brown noise titles on my Spotify - intensities and frequencies vary; among titles: '1 min pure glacial', Space Wind, Classic Soft Noise. Ok, here is the fascinating part - my disco lights will produce a different 'static dynamic pattern' that is unique for any of those below - the noise triggers just a single visual display over and over and over again. I find this very useful - essentially my own private snoezelen room...</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyHB4RYyVG-Bl7MkPlhafIA8h2MYxJfim9rdeTR_U21xNkOyDM6UDcv1VxM7e8zcg1CJY9PUnS-xP16Kd4ryg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><span>more High School AI </span><span>- AI imagines Maris Crane, she is a fictitious frigid wife of Niles Crane. She is the personification of aristocracy, sophistication, good taste and blue blood. A constant punch line for weight loss and other unhealthy behaviours exhibited by the rich, very vengeful. Never once seen on screen - no1 knows what Maris Crane looks like, other than AI. Each user will see different 'Maris Crane' - including myself - but why would I want to ruin that for myself..? </span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJTvYIpzoGRocaeWn-Oe6Ez6EeoOFFvl_mFsw3jNrVAQfT8zcS1Hr1VnhFx99MfMLq6WH3w_3iAUewgkZl38imJhPnbz58G2BFZEDbrHyR7ZK46ZRFpC7lqOAHEto1D0ncqyWJm6BdRAVrr0JtXVEWjyzvn7e7hVhcsesz4Xz7ubA69BfM7q9r9IiQw/s1624/IMG_2985.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsJTvYIpzoGRocaeWn-Oe6Ez6EeoOFFvl_mFsw3jNrVAQfT8zcS1Hr1VnhFx99MfMLq6WH3w_3iAUewgkZl38imJhPnbz58G2BFZEDbrHyR7ZK46ZRFpC7lqOAHEto1D0ncqyWJm6BdRAVrr0JtXVEWjyzvn7e7hVhcsesz4Xz7ubA69BfM7q9r9IiQw/s320/IMG_2985.jpg" width="148" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3z-UjYqMeeRQzUTWDiTWOemoit07hCz5DeXiKmcma1QvXnTGMvUcypnlMZZcNwjVkhDSuf-Cj5WuCsbZB5tcTvQWa4V49uwC8W8-RxxB-6omZlRyf5PyNgXuJyh4EZCDqJ1OPfUAVN6YrYovctuiuy-Oab9VbB2xPvK_iAPRNpIj-9Kd5ukapcBarw/s1600/IMG-9444.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3z-UjYqMeeRQzUTWDiTWOemoit07hCz5DeXiKmcma1QvXnTGMvUcypnlMZZcNwjVkhDSuf-Cj5WuCsbZB5tcTvQWa4V49uwC8W8-RxxB-6omZlRyf5PyNgXuJyh4EZCDqJ1OPfUAVN6YrYovctuiuy-Oab9VbB2xPvK_iAPRNpIj-9Kd5ukapcBarw/w376-h282/IMG-9444.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">picture shows a discontinued green BODBYN doors, along side a gray LIDI drawer front [also gone]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>IKEA discontinues their most powerful SEKTION door.</li><li>It is becoming hard to predict which SEKTION door will get cancelled next; the 2022 Kitchen Catalogue is already incorrect and makes things hard to plan</li><li>Swedish Socialism is the only Design Philosophy that overcomes the unpredictability of planning a SEKTION event;</li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-53002865098483160322022-07-27T08:26:00.037-07:002023-05-05T09:29:58.166-07:00Where will you buy your furniture - Swedish Socialism 2 OR IKEA discontinues White Oak BILLY bookcase<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">[prelude]</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9L5O4YjPn-DY-5VGqJNMHUmNdCa2T3yOq1HkWCxR5ieGKGqgndqeRS_0z4m5AAGzBuE7JNtuqfw7WS7WQp7UJXZ7tR04FbRN3iu38IWqCZwWhjm6goISDDL4HZIXjqvkH9t_jNRL5tcWyR5GTibv7mn55jsCtzCw1f9VVl2z2VPA4ryIsBp9jv34rA/s1624/IMG_8020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf9L5O4YjPn-DY-5VGqJNMHUmNdCa2T3yOq1HkWCxR5ieGKGqgndqeRS_0z4m5AAGzBuE7JNtuqfw7WS7WQp7UJXZ7tR04FbRN3iu38IWqCZwWhjm6goISDDL4HZIXjqvkH9t_jNRL5tcWyR5GTibv7mn55jsCtzCw1f9VVl2z2VPA4ryIsBp9jv34rA/s320/IMG_8020.jpg" width="148" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;">[picture shows a screen capture from IKEA's official website, informing us of the planned changes to the fabrication methods]</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Chapter 1 - IKEA discontinues White Oak BILLY bookcase.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As inflation starts biting more and more it will become more important to understand if you are getting good value for your hard earned money.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It will be necessarry to skip the glossy advertising and reach to the source - r/SwedishSocialism [get the Reddit app!] - for reputable, consistent and relevant information on meta-IKEA products, their improvements and essentially 'things that make sense for life'.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Money can be made on 'chachkas, dudas and flim-flam' OR it can be made on products manufactured with longevity and comfort in mind. 'Yes! IKEA makes that kind of furniture - white oak BILLY bookcase was that kind of piece of furniture.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Part of Caring for Environment means reducing your footprint on the planet and r/SwedishSocialism solves that. You get dependable, community centred and shared information and ideas, that ARE helping - first and foremost ~you~; remember, <u>you have to be successful first before you can help others to be successful.</u></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Furniture destined for the Western Market is rarely made in the Western Market, that's not simply how our economy works. I personally experienced the birth of globalization - I'm stuck in the 90's; that's 'my decade' - and it was always sold to me as delivering democracy via economic means. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Various metrics point to the success of that era - untold numbers of individuals were 'lifted out of poverty'. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">If you were a giant behemoth - like IKEA; it's mainly the purchasing power - but also you were forward thinking because you lacked the traditional 'institutional inertia' of other companies, meant that you could experiment with new ways of reducing your labour requirements to produce what I consider 'a very useful and practical human designs.' </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">IKEA created a new vision for furniture. When a table design that included 'an elegant end-vise' won an award from IKEA for 'forward thinking functionality' - <i>not yet defined!</i> - it gives you a glimpse, a preview of what humanity is about. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Humanity is about creativity and improvement. I'm on REDDIT - it's considered 'social media' but I don't view it quite like that - and read a common observation that 'carpenter's job does not scale up' like, for example, tech worker's jobs scale up. This is the reason cited for a lower pay range of 'carpenters vs. tech workers'. That gave me quite a pause, and I thought about that statement extensively. I replied too. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkceshSfIfxtvBDQ_E4q7AX92eq8Ag_d01hWzW6su6hgZC1dQppBsxkoHkUMJXO7gNLGj6u8L-cadZN7JFRmzgDrVmSNLOaIU7fliwYJ_up4_G_E9nZIzTh7wUwMLzDRsXnElBDghL23eHxmXxqKkm5GTtRD3zB_ljzKgRHz3eAipvFp2QWL76xynUmg/s1624/IMG_9056%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkceshSfIfxtvBDQ_E4q7AX92eq8Ag_d01hWzW6su6hgZC1dQppBsxkoHkUMJXO7gNLGj6u8L-cadZN7JFRmzgDrVmSNLOaIU7fliwYJ_up4_G_E9nZIzTh7wUwMLzDRsXnElBDghL23eHxmXxqKkm5GTtRD3zB_ljzKgRHz3eAipvFp2QWL76xynUmg/s320/IMG_9056%20(1).jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The value of tech-worker and carpenter is identical and if properly grown and 'harvested for ideas' both are excellent life style choices. Greatest value in trade work, in my opinion, lies in the fact that a 'trade's person' has a skillset that allows them to easily manipulate their surroundings. When you pair that up with human-centred design on the most granular level - individual; iDesign - you solve the greatest challenge posed to Interior Design in Human History - <i>yours. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>See?! </i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>See?!</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Solving for that solution and finding it successfully has immeasurable positive outcomes. <i>You start living</i> - I am serious. Simple, small elevations that move 'away from the standard' and into your own 'personal comfort zone' [I call that luxury] is all that is required for an 'elevated life'.</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Chapter 2 - The Cheapening and its victims</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I learned of the plan to discontinue the white oak Billy bookcase on <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/IKEA/comments/vmhoow/ikea_billy_is_changing/">the subreddit r/IKEA.</a></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">[edit: Reddit is very fussy about linking; if you right click and copy the link it will let you open a new window; good read, I promise]</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"> It was actually posted by Jules from Ikea Hackers with the tone and the message of 're-birth of BILLY'. I carefully read the press release and dug deeper into the links to better understand what is happening and why it is happening. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">So what is exactly happening? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">IKEA is getting rid of a specific step in case goods production of BILLY - the edgeing step. 'Edgeing' is a general woodworking practice of applyig a protective layer on the most vulnerable of parts of any box - the edges. The cover for the edges typically matches the finish of the surface - so white panel ends up edged with white edging; white oak surface is covered with thin layer of white oak solid or wooden veneer tape. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>I consider edging to be the most important part of any case goods - its strength - because it protects the part that is most exposed to damage thru daily living. </i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>source: private personal interior designer to 4 babies + dog; 19+ years and counting</i></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">I am not the only one that thinks this. Look - </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPI-672NjOddoqqfNP7IgCUbjaxeJVeY3W2BiZl69NiX98W9fgr7tmuQ_zOyqD2ZkQyNmRJSslFDmHxvMlpRAVHs6e2oI_B5CadeMIhepQFCKti6e9395u-HYbgSvlEbrjMKu4L-I6A7ULoLwTzUpQdiHbeiqsLtPETlied8ggL2ghhdZOogZ2RZukcQ/s2089/SolidEDGE.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1487" data-original-width="2089" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPI-672NjOddoqqfNP7IgCUbjaxeJVeY3W2BiZl69NiX98W9fgr7tmuQ_zOyqD2ZkQyNmRJSslFDmHxvMlpRAVHs6e2oI_B5CadeMIhepQFCKti6e9395u-HYbgSvlEbrjMKu4L-I6A7ULoLwTzUpQdiHbeiqsLtPETlied8ggL2ghhdZOogZ2RZukcQ/s320/SolidEDGE.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;">[picture shows a large white oak panel in a professional finishing booth, glossy from being freshly sprayed with latest super matte acrylic finish, with an arrow pointing to the solid wood edging at the bottom of the panel]</span><p></p><p><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">My hobby bossman [we build for the 1%] always edges all his panels this way - adds cost, but renders the panel esssentially timeless. And to be honest, I like the term 'timeless', because I believe that we sincerely lack that quality in our life and we dearly desire it as it gives meaning to our existence by extending it; extending it either for us personally or for others.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Or I could say that I am simply appealing to the most powerful of human emotions - greed. Our relationship to our money is very intimate and personal. It represents our past and our success and we want to exhange it in best possible way - by obtaining a quality proportionate to our past efforts [this is only true, however, for the largest of IKEA's consumers; there exist other classes and other motivators].</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Edgeing is quality and IKEA is getting rid of it. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chapter 3 - Emotions are fluffy tho..</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">They are and they are not - but here is something that caught my attention. This is from IKEA's official literature.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqI2Hoo_RHEd0kHj3IbLX2AC9C3RK3Iy99UOaVU-b9xAYF-GrzwTAoM1V0yeiZUoeeqZnbaNzFhX9Csz-sO3NYMcGQZw_PQorc9BbRk5tKwv3vOaMFcWsn4ligg4VESCLUDj-IIeyg4ch6u9zIXDbhMk0cscSUC47C5OA9sQf2rwDOrbAyY0Ju6SHu6g/s1624/IkeaPrinciples_small.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="541" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqI2Hoo_RHEd0kHj3IbLX2AC9C3RK3Iy99UOaVU-b9xAYF-GrzwTAoM1V0yeiZUoeeqZnbaNzFhX9Csz-sO3NYMcGQZw_PQorc9BbRk5tKwv3vOaMFcWsn4ligg4VESCLUDj-IIeyg4ch6u9zIXDbhMk0cscSUC47C5OA9sQf2rwDOrbAyY0Ju6SHu6g/w250-h541/IkeaPrinciples_small.jpg" width="250" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: medium;">This section in particular caught my eye, look --></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhL2Ft3ng4V3Zfo_hEbRsixRlg7-NiD1YZHHHJVTWhe9OYtxXY8QCcr3Vgb9PdJJP0cU7jKgR2rhS79duPtcSNilfU-K6Irz05hF6QDRMC5zohjH9o3mTjz_GZMh35c1KyVKqLXiAo3xXPAJkrLq5_KHFbBGKBW-7PNyw1BkH0wawYNJCzV469pS6Lw/s854/Rules%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="731" height="434" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwhL2Ft3ng4V3Zfo_hEbRsixRlg7-NiD1YZHHHJVTWhe9OYtxXY8QCcr3Vgb9PdJJP0cU7jKgR2rhS79duPtcSNilfU-K6Irz05hF6QDRMC5zohjH9o3mTjz_GZMh35c1KyVKqLXiAo3xXPAJkrLq5_KHFbBGKBW-7PNyw1BkH0wawYNJCzV469pS6Lw/w372-h434/Rules%20(2).jpg" width="372" /></a></div><br /><p><span style="font-size: medium;">'Lifespan and emotional connection are no longer design principles, rather will be defined during the circular business opportunity and circular loops work.' - I gasped. I gasped because IKEA artificially stripped themselves of the two most powerful qualitites of their products that were effortless to them - it cost them absolutely nothing, if we were to define in it terms of Rules of Capitalism.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;">Longevity and Emotional Attachment are one of the most important considerations under Swedish Socialism because they represent tremendous value and opportunity that is uncaptured by anyone else - this is where the Psychology of Design comes in. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Chapter 4 - Sift the Drivel from Value</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">White Oak BILLY bookcase was my choice of case goods for my current and future library - proven durability furnished with items on display that bring meaning to my life <i>aka. Emotional Attachment. </i>I was so upset that I even <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/IKEA/comments/vmmarm/psa_white_oak_billy_is_discontinued_sucks/" target="_blank">posted Reddit IKEA community.</a> You can read there my 'immediate designer outrage' - I'm over it now. When time will come to build the future library I will simply custom build it out of white oak sheet veneer goods - basically the same way that white oak BILLY was designed and build. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Where will you buy your furniture now, eh?</span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-38700395803860967772022-06-07T10:31:00.028-07:002023-04-30T16:11:41.721-07:00White oak YELLOWS - Ikea's VEDHAMN door review + HOW 2 handle that;<p> [prelude] </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1S7fK1iIeFDIrHznPsZsrqFYu4ld2YZX0U3Z4ifXv4pqbUfmqyYQUdU3Qw-G5GKmaxp0PUSPDfzNqc75WeLwKF9Wnz0IgMu29MJrygF2cTHeCHm_lCi6USJcpx7wV-BjEp37hIrwvEpWHDchTplnBoBzPsDiKDCFvTQpD8UjDOTL8DcarxWzJjNF9g/s1624/IMG-7496.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm1S7fK1iIeFDIrHznPsZsrqFYu4ld2YZX0U3Z4ifXv4pqbUfmqyYQUdU3Qw-G5GKmaxp0PUSPDfzNqc75WeLwKF9Wnz0IgMu29MJrygF2cTHeCHm_lCi6USJcpx7wV-BjEp37hIrwvEpWHDchTplnBoBzPsDiKDCFvTQpD8UjDOTL8DcarxWzJjNF9g/s320/IMG-7496.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[picture shows a screenshot of VEDHAMN door listing on the Canadian IKEA app]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">VEDHAMN is IKEA's new door for their SEKTION boxes - a solid white oak frame with a veneered plywood panel trapped in the centre. It is a plain frame featuring a small round as the solid transitions from the frame to the inside panel. It is sprayed with a clear acrylic finish - a lot clearer than the 'traditional cellulose look' of white oak. The selection of the solid appears good with minimal grain run out; the centre panel veneers feature nice long open grain. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is what you want in your door, really - if it is the AI robotic arm and eye that selects the veneers and assembles the doors it is doing a great job. Look - </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4G7vjHwvJRpXwAWxXvKKuJMEkcaVo2lBZQQHvgjTMqD-VIiAcgpQmYlY4I8pH58jLQXmGMtb3LuGGfodQK8GQlRoopeBSjzTIPwe447KcFq8ed-aUoyxphhSH7eD55qIunzwc1NYQoZhd9iACr2Q6_TaUcKjSzO9fvILle7DgLQrAzlNrQneBCdvdGQ/s1440/3B8BCE52-F089-4914-A87F-0332E0F65054.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1440" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4G7vjHwvJRpXwAWxXvKKuJMEkcaVo2lBZQQHvgjTMqD-VIiAcgpQmYlY4I8pH58jLQXmGMtb3LuGGfodQK8GQlRoopeBSjzTIPwe447KcFq8ed-aUoyxphhSH7eD55qIunzwc1NYQoZhd9iACr2Q6_TaUcKjSzO9fvILle7DgLQrAzlNrQneBCdvdGQ/w329-h248/3B8BCE52-F089-4914-A87F-0332E0F65054.JPG" width="329" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Chapter 1 - I love White Oak</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">White oak is one of the nicest hardwoods that we have growing here in North America. It is used to the climate, it always grew here and thus is well suited for any purpose that requires hardness, durability and good looks. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">White oak is also one of the hottest designer woods right now, and due to the inflation and demand it is commanding astronomical prices with decreased selection. It is not uncommon to purchase entire lifts of quartered white oak solid not just to secure a good price but also to secure the quality that you want - every board is looked over and its placement carefully considered within the larger scope. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Historically this has not been the case at all. White oak was always looked down as the secondary cousin to red oak. If you did not have money for nice red oak hardwood floors, you could always compromise and get white oak instead. Savigs were around $1 a sq.f in material costs back in my flooring days; and if the flooring was stained than it was even harder to tell and the savings were good. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Today red oak has fallen so much out of favour that beautiful red oak veneers - one of the nicests sequenital flitch layups I have seen in my life! - are used as backers on 'more precious layups'. Look - </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHP3Jg37c5YVIB9t33ntVxj4M4q6LFAZo09UFFF-U7Azf9o0934G_xufL77IxTvc5DyYKtMwNEvfDIw4eM92HnqsgrcEfQjUeu-ajrpAZov1E7JjzwvF0-0OYQft6SAMLphJ6u8Mb4EWDCeCWRVkIXnnoYGFhyx0ADAe4IovQ3bBEENgobmks5_HBNFg/s1600/InkedRedOakSTRIPE_LI.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHP3Jg37c5YVIB9t33ntVxj4M4q6LFAZo09UFFF-U7Azf9o0934G_xufL77IxTvc5DyYKtMwNEvfDIw4eM92HnqsgrcEfQjUeu-ajrpAZov1E7JjzwvF0-0OYQft6SAMLphJ6u8Mb4EWDCeCWRVkIXnnoYGFhyx0ADAe4IovQ3bBEENgobmks5_HBNFg/s320/InkedRedOakSTRIPE_LI.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>[picture shows beautiful and precious 'tiger stripe' figure red oak veneers used for backers on more in demand white oak veneers;]<br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Eventually even IKEA could not resist to jump on the white oak bandwagon - remember, it's always about the sales; 'people's wants, needs and desires' I wrote once, to describe IKEA's business model. Yes, design is cyclical and tastes need to be made [media / magazines] but white oak could not be pulled off successfully with thermofoil, I think, because white oak is quite culturally too familiar to us, and by 'us' I mean the Western Sphere of influence. White oak doors had to be solid. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQr3akABp8bxudakkYEwUrzYLP8rzSNz1ZkXtexIuqjFBgDq2AEdX120tzy17WDQ4h0XZh1nbZxaKyScbReYNnHlWdTrxRknGRYPNG54CfzCCQdxLWAQZgW4HXbojQyJHupWc-hJsb4XeV7C0D6uJHLJN9ulUyQSfi31MpIkXD14E8cm5InIJJRQGJQ/s1599/InkedIKEAdoors_LI.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="1599" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDQr3akABp8bxudakkYEwUrzYLP8rzSNz1ZkXtexIuqjFBgDq2AEdX120tzy17WDQ4h0XZh1nbZxaKyScbReYNnHlWdTrxRknGRYPNG54CfzCCQdxLWAQZgW4HXbojQyJHupWc-hJsb4XeV7C0D6uJHLJN9ulUyQSfi31MpIkXD14E8cm5InIJJRQGJQ/s320/InkedIKEAdoors_LI.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Enamoured? I've always been, and have some white oak doors currently in my personal life. They are aging gracefully and feature the 'traditional cellulose look' - never underestimate the power of visual association! They are yellowing nicely but because of the purposeful, 'white oak centered design', that shift is completely out of focus and not a visual priority. What is a visual priority is the wood itself - the hand selected out of a lumber pile; emotional attachment the it was carried thru design woodworking school waiting patiently for its inteded purpose not known until the ver last moment; and FINALLY it rests as a beautiful, handcrafted, highly detailed solid wood door with the centre panel being glass from a damaged BILLY bookcase door. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Hahahaha! Yes! My very own 'super precious 2 me' white oak door has a 'cheap IKEA glass in it' - it's an IKEA Hack. I really like the clarity of glass doors for BILLY bookcases - it's almost like Starphire glass; clarity is really amazing. But the best part about it is the safety - it smashes to small, harmless smitherines. Where I come from to have a piece of glass like that is expensive - the AS-IS section from IKEA is fertile gorund for all sorts of amazing glass; seize on the opportunities! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But if you want to go Large White Oak then you have to hire a knowledgable designer, t</span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">hat is the only way I would advise to do white oak large scale. Essentially it needs to be handled by professionals, otherwise the yellow will soon become overwhelming and not in a good way. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnrJw_ZmNWIvokHAooqBlwOPeQmdYBI68U0o62q_acAUJ_g4e8G1QSJO3s6jIs1bUIka9TXWbgg_XLSx2h1UIjQ6nD57thXZBx7WLmXGGqs5MPHdauY3srt-7y8jAYZ9TkoycLl-Hbc7EFetdl9uCUl9eJS03eV3hlAf522Xs58kdwO5Gj984NGDLRQ/s1600/InkedWhiterWhiteOAK1_LI.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSnrJw_ZmNWIvokHAooqBlwOPeQmdYBI68U0o62q_acAUJ_g4e8G1QSJO3s6jIs1bUIka9TXWbgg_XLSx2h1UIjQ6nD57thXZBx7WLmXGGqs5MPHdauY3srt-7y8jAYZ9TkoycLl-Hbc7EFetdl9uCUl9eJS03eV3hlAf522Xs58kdwO5Gj984NGDLRQ/s320/InkedWhiterWhiteOAK1_LI.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[picture shows a custom laid up side panel in 'whiter white oak'; 'whiter white oak' is a unique finishing process that prevents white oak from aging in 'yellow']</div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">So how do you balance your desire to bring a beautiful wood into your space with its natural aging characteristics? By the way any natural wood will exhibit a colour change over its lifespan. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span style="font-size: large;">Chapter 2 - How 2 handle 'The Yellowing' of white oak</span><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Firstly, embrace it - that's how it was meant to be so don't obsess too much about it. </i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Second - <i>use as accent doors to bring the sophistication of white oak into your own space.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i> I would choose to install them as uppers, or if you are Design Hacking, 'at eye level' - however you understand that term;</i> sometimes it is important to trust your own instincts, your own gut feeling vs. 'what others are doing'. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I would focus on creating a balanced grouping of doors, likely no more than 5-6, that will focus attention on a specific area where you feel 'your kitchen will be strong' - eyes will naturally run for that visual element. White oak is a wood that looks great with virtually any solid colour so </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">VEDHAMN</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">doors can be surrounded with any slab doors, including IKEA's VEDDINGE doors. And, if you do choose VEDDINGE as a complement to VEDHAMN, than you can gain additional savings by going with IKEA's skinny stock panels. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Chapter 3 - Is there anything else about VEDHAMN?</i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I am currently running some experiments on the VEDHAMN finish. Look -</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qwXWA9Sko-_7mxHmOCUgEjdaUSE-1R-pK3340Lcl43qMjUaXHI3NbLgb_6mZRgkIlqSYL5a0zOgbY4kx1K6LYNTha0Wd6hyn5LA_VTGuJqzl_2tZ9u9267E7aceuSY0uymozAQudi0CXQsrQa-hUtR05Ge13HnTxwIlduOnWMCrt6dXG7X40OfMUfA/s1440/InkedVEDHAMN.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1440" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6qwXWA9Sko-_7mxHmOCUgEjdaUSE-1R-pK3340Lcl43qMjUaXHI3NbLgb_6mZRgkIlqSYL5a0zOgbY4kx1K6LYNTha0Wd6hyn5LA_VTGuJqzl_2tZ9u9267E7aceuSY0uymozAQudi0CXQsrQa-hUtR05Ge13HnTxwIlduOnWMCrt6dXG7X40OfMUfA/s320/InkedVEDHAMN.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">[picture shows a VEDHAMN door with a series of narrow masking tape strips stuck on the solid of the frame, as well as the centre panel]</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">UPDATE [</span><span style="font-size: medium;">end of April 2023]</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I wish I could spend more time writing about this issue, but alas I've got to work, lol. Not recommending these doors for any white oak designs - there are colour issues with the doors as they age; less than 2 years on the market and the problem is appearing more and more; </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The frame and and the inset panel are going in the opposite direction - this has started to happen at IKEA Etobicoke. I have been watching that door, snapping pics and comparing it to my test panel. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The frame is 'going white' and the inset panel is 'going yellow' - the pieces used to assemble the doors were not colour matched properly. The IKEA catalogue is double-confusing because is illustrates a flawless wall of VEDHAMN doors, with the frame and the panel blended visually. <u>YES, it would have been perfect if that was the case in real life. </u></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">You can't prevent the sun or light from reaching the doors. You assume the worst case scenario and work from there. <u>So where is the plan?</u></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I don't know who is responsible for quality control at IKEA, but they messed up. On my last job I was literally losing sleep [it turns out I did make few recoverable mistakes; no profits realized in fixing mistakes*] to ensure that the entire wall of doors, drawer faces, panels, columns, shrouds, filler pieces all looked the same. </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What does a 'million dollar mistake look like'? </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Like this ---> </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLV0OSVnii7OY_uCtfxOVCGQyJw6nRX0m5EPO938k-NH1xFA01XkhdZqe14P4RFSh7NnaxyfjbXVgIo6Akmco8_-baSU0bZZ9QIO1p69LtFtCJIIkE6L7F6UkMx16PnXXYfTcGqFPSQP2via7L_eatBxaY5vIoMjCX537EVYYuUL-SzaGVeB8bxPJcg/s1624/IMG_0204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXLV0OSVnii7OY_uCtfxOVCGQyJw6nRX0m5EPO938k-NH1xFA01XkhdZqe14P4RFSh7NnaxyfjbXVgIo6Akmco8_-baSU0bZZ9QIO1p69LtFtCJIIkE6L7F6UkMx16PnXXYfTcGqFPSQP2via7L_eatBxaY5vIoMjCX537EVYYuUL-SzaGVeB8bxPJcg/s320/IMG_0204.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Can you spot it? Zoom-in for a better look,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlT4uGAAJD9xXW5Lvv3088pchN27i-ESGSmZA2plJLFCD_AuQCNoU6DmGEYlY7TLudOcDzpkRmfEnOuYlREv__BM-PrtnqxQEuT7M2Xz09-FzhOYiuBZFw0QbC1HnpwKS_-7oK0syoos5FqpUddcQRjSwT7u2dqxYC4ROsC5bmb7NQ8D0_d_7vWr8Yw/s1624/IMG_0205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlT4uGAAJD9xXW5Lvv3088pchN27i-ESGSmZA2plJLFCD_AuQCNoU6DmGEYlY7TLudOcDzpkRmfEnOuYlREv__BM-PrtnqxQEuT7M2Xz09-FzhOYiuBZFw0QbC1HnpwKS_-7oK0syoos5FqpUddcQRjSwT7u2dqxYC4ROsC5bmb7NQ8D0_d_7vWr8Yw/s320/IMG_0205.jpg" width="148" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I pushed and pulled on that image to make the discrepancy more obvious - an exaggeration. But essentially this is the outcome. I couldn't claim that this was art....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet; font-size: x-large;"><i>THE END</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">PS. Example of high-high end work, below. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF16d3-T8Qs5NORB2vXYXR2_amcDFJKoc9jMAt1ZitZnk7ae96bPrC1KNa2A82lZNlpUFJIHa_YHrTHqEiL2IMg44C4zmXCb-QGkoTN2jO5Ee1TpZJeEKe2uOfcGpGkUganH8oiBJW5VPn4gAlgw46qVvYLTn3qKkvDE7Co6skFHMpDXdKRFl_J4UkRA/s1624/IMG_6108%20(2).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1624" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF16d3-T8Qs5NORB2vXYXR2_amcDFJKoc9jMAt1ZitZnk7ae96bPrC1KNa2A82lZNlpUFJIHa_YHrTHqEiL2IMg44C4zmXCb-QGkoTN2jO5Ee1TpZJeEKe2uOfcGpGkUganH8oiBJW5VPn4gAlgw46qVvYLTn3qKkvDE7Co6skFHMpDXdKRFl_J4UkRA/s320/IMG_6108%20(2).jpg" width="148" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is the nature of high end design -<u> simplicity.</u> I spent good hours rounding over by hand - 1/16" round over; can't use any machinery; clients will run their hand on this detail ALL THE TIME</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></i></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-78155334605876276842022-03-27T13:35:00.004-07:002023-06-09T10:11:02.192-07:00Thoughts on the Housing Crisis + How to repair a VINYL plank;<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dAwEfuSz7B9LwMCi_00xXkjMkOIqfjR8MalIoTWmSSu9ZduY5UuHqJhF5EJeDsALHY3rpXhyn6yqBv_2gNK_ZZUL6SwyzaNCXt9W0011KtyjY9DEXdhh_3UpkAQEceQAh74Ny1g6LriOaA5sJ75HoW2qIvJUelieCCEtPx2WolhdUw14UPx9xvnf4A/s1600/Excite1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9dAwEfuSz7B9LwMCi_00xXkjMkOIqfjR8MalIoTWmSSu9ZduY5UuHqJhF5EJeDsALHY3rpXhyn6yqBv_2gNK_ZZUL6SwyzaNCXt9W0011KtyjY9DEXdhh_3UpkAQEceQAh74Ny1g6LriOaA5sJ75HoW2qIvJUelieCCEtPx2WolhdUw14UPx9xvnf4A/w419-h314/Excite1.jpg" width="419" /></a></div>[picture shows a freshly sprayed underside of a high-end solid wood cherry table sitting in a spray booth drying, juxtaposed with the spray gun used to execute this particular project, Kremlin Xcite]<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Chapter 1 - The work for the 1% never stops. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">When I try to explain to people what I do - working for the 1%, building in the top 2% for quality - it's often hard. 'Yea, I build cabinetry,' I say. Or 'I do finishing like spraying or staining.' But it's stuff like this - top notch quality results delivered via superior tool that allows me to control absolutely ever element of delivery, paired with a neurology that thrives on 'high speed attention to details' - my SO called it 'Beat Saber for money.' </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This particular slab - American Cherry - a large amount of highly skilled labour hours [<i>Steffan is a master solid wood builder! and what a purist! ha!]</i> already went into it, and now it was up to me to make it shine, make it look best. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This here is my own bossman's design, his own take on Parsons Table. Parsons Table is simply a fancy name for a table that if you were to extend the all the 'exterior lines' they would intersect, or touch, kinda. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Like this ---></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsGa-eeaCFT3yFa31usJEtWg-3tweMwGTgwhZFJK5CNGs7pbi4pdGpJpc_bPkD8-4aiqoG81GnjMxFsh7JqsVECNX8MkXWuatVB7OwLk8tgvrN-aHCrw0i7HiYwj37cXOXUG8tM4WI2EdyJY4TrhV2Plc5mMQ5noR0XSo1J6IYMOTWNK6esnLm2Hu0A/s800/ParsonsT.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIsGa-eeaCFT3yFa31usJEtWg-3tweMwGTgwhZFJK5CNGs7pbi4pdGpJpc_bPkD8-4aiqoG81GnjMxFsh7JqsVECNX8MkXWuatVB7OwLk8tgvrN-aHCrw0i7HiYwj37cXOXUG8tM4WI2EdyJY4TrhV2Plc5mMQ5noR0XSo1J6IYMOTWNK6esnLm2Hu0A/s320/ParsonsT.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I ended up creating a Parsons Table as part of a school project - I am furniture designer by education. I found that exercise quite intriguing and challenging. My own version of Parsons Table in solid wood was a failure - my bossman's version tho is a successes. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">His design manages to accomplish several things, main of which is it absolutely showcases<u> the actual building material</u>; showcases <u>the only appropriate material</u>, because this design cannot be built out of anything other than solid wood. I always consider the 'amount of constraints on the design' as a sort of measure of 'purity of design' and ultimately the success of the design. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">It is so absolutely graceful - I find the edge detail very thoughtful and well resolved. That edge detail is also a nightmare to finish successfully - this design calls for a high degree of experience when it comes to finishing. I literally lost sleep over how I am going to spray this thing; and before I actually sprayed it I did a 'dry run' where I mimicked all the actions required to spray all surfaces correctly. But when you do... oh boy... it's stunning. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Look ----> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKl25zsmjrWw1JguBSfC-cuSkBFFJWr1xwffsa8Ht2UVPvo9YVKu4jbjZ2ZgeY77bs-oN-b6Q2tJEkBL5-AwhdLiDKD6ug0a8_LpD_2AjfmbSoluTfQt7MkUCJ2FisAwzDnt9PTvrzvo_W97jsJu-LhNcJRvvhqWU3205JGoXRAi2jjzAIjIJp-jha_w/s1200/TableWET.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKl25zsmjrWw1JguBSfC-cuSkBFFJWr1xwffsa8Ht2UVPvo9YVKu4jbjZ2ZgeY77bs-oN-b6Q2tJEkBL5-AwhdLiDKD6ug0a8_LpD_2AjfmbSoluTfQt7MkUCJ2FisAwzDnt9PTvrzvo_W97jsJu-LhNcJRvvhqWU3205JGoXRAi2jjzAIjIJp-jha_w/s320/TableWET.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">'OK,' you say, 'but this is precious material that not everybody can afford.' It's true - one critical measure of material is its affordability for general consumption; some materials are naturally restricted due to their sourcing costs and skilled labour required to work it. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">UPDATE: HERE it is!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkGyYWEuyWt4yvV07iGUSpnLRlo9gO9FNA8Hg-5XnTn7KivFbcsc823dDlVpebDn3R4Bw58RdI0Vxyjatd3LsAJ7xe8nmHqtLMCN9RYemy7iSHZepXMTJ425_Etz9MHRQYDe8EcMxF5-NfCxpyPMsMdJ8S8USpjvn4DvHEM5v3RRmqx2cR7qXHTTakg/s4032/Kent'sTable.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfkGyYWEuyWt4yvV07iGUSpnLRlo9gO9FNA8Hg-5XnTn7KivFbcsc823dDlVpebDn3R4Bw58RdI0Vxyjatd3LsAJ7xe8nmHqtLMCN9RYemy7iSHZepXMTJ425_Etz9MHRQYDe8EcMxF5-NfCxpyPMsMdJ8S8USpjvn4DvHEM5v3RRmqx2cR7qXHTTakg/s320/Kent'sTable.jpeg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But what about stuff like this ---></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UMmZGgn9RMvMI3j0sYtMNf0_fjxJdjE9h3AfbCGsi6CB5C8QwFnbrssVMsdHrM11pNjX_DR9C5NIExaVsXW2il4uHU5_61XucubRvHe-WpGsHpwupMOOXkaW0GASqptPxG392K08PWw25YEbA0wEudWQ_3itZ-kTEHCrT2sxFlEWI9OlLtWQsBVcRg/s800/BackEdge1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="800" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UMmZGgn9RMvMI3j0sYtMNf0_fjxJdjE9h3AfbCGsi6CB5C8QwFnbrssVMsdHrM11pNjX_DR9C5NIExaVsXW2il4uHU5_61XucubRvHe-WpGsHpwupMOOXkaW0GASqptPxG392K08PWw25YEbA0wEudWQ_3itZ-kTEHCrT2sxFlEWI9OlLtWQsBVcRg/s320/BackEdge1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">What are you looking at? </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-16306061425977342962022-01-20T10:10:00.023-08:002022-01-21T09:46:04.153-08:00Ikea Hacker ADVICE - How to stack SEKTION boxes on a countertop?<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjW4w91bx7ZJe9eDcYHlDC29pPF3AINCLafpeFvWaCtJ0Nlnttjl_Tw-hl4ROSXzhV4tkmVL2rmY2x4JsXHafdsgN9UgOY_-rtOpaibIyBmoJoykimxY3JHYD39EIVFTqt8cCOqOuObXU1-mMfRgIYseIa8PzTdUt7gmmcJ2o9cvWIvNxJSu2gTlCLig=s3670" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3670" data-original-width="2000" height="533" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjjW4w91bx7ZJe9eDcYHlDC29pPF3AINCLafpeFvWaCtJ0Nlnttjl_Tw-hl4ROSXzhV4tkmVL2rmY2x4JsXHafdsgN9UgOY_-rtOpaibIyBmoJoykimxY3JHYD39EIVFTqt8cCOqOuObXU1-mMfRgIYseIa8PzTdUt7gmmcJ2o9cvWIvNxJSu2gTlCLig=w290-h533" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[picture shows a beautifully designed kitchen based on the SEKTION box, featuring shallow SEKTION boxes stacked on the countertop for a layerd, nuanced, sophisticated look]</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Chapter 1 - Stacking SEKTION boxes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Everyone knows that the SETKION box is incredible flexible, coming in with all sorts of sizes and super cool options that you would have to pay a meellion dollars for anywhere else [just for comparison: an IKEA 'Lazy Suzzanne' is ~200 bucks vs. $750 dollars for an equivalent option from other hardware manufacturers!].</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But I have never been able to find clear directions and answers to properly stacking the shallow SEKTION box on a countertop - example above. Today, again, </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">on Reddit, r/IKEA, someone posts this question:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhomPvWhgaaHNREGjdXMDuT-Aubsi3l41TuB0um8NVle0yINhiHD_CEiCbAMv4tpbJYWsuaU6w8vd0kQZEKkz7D8SFBf8kxVTVSUQWq-ecgbdGNC7rWDp-l-wPCSAAssRLotAaeHuj42-5ArxHkXFhpYcerhyDdcHTXpkJxSpUnuR1BFteHEQ3uxJIC3A=s3803" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3803" data-original-width="2000" height="529" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhomPvWhgaaHNREGjdXMDuT-Aubsi3l41TuB0um8NVle0yINhiHD_CEiCbAMv4tpbJYWsuaU6w8vd0kQZEKkz7D8SFBf8kxVTVSUQWq-ecgbdGNC7rWDp-l-wPCSAAssRLotAaeHuj42-5ArxHkXFhpYcerhyDdcHTXpkJxSpUnuR1BFteHEQ3uxJIC3A=w278-h529" width="278" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">They have created a design [likely set on the IKEA plastic legs, meaning this design will draw heavily on ALL the other 'look-alike Ikea kitchens' --> <b>FIRST step in achieving a 'Custom Lewk' [tm] is taking your design OUT of the 'Ikea kitchen planner language'</b>] and are wondering how to go about installing the shallow SEKTION boxes.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The shallow SEKTION boxes [because there are 2 depths to SEKTION boxes - DEEP and SHALLOW; both have their uses, benefits and advantages, as well as 'hackability level'] are set upon the countertop, above the deep SEKTION boxes to create a 'Hutch Look'. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The 'Hutch Look' is essentially creating a 2 level design:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b>Bottom one is deeper, roomier, with more storage.</b> Typically with drawers; heavy stuff goes here; less pretty stuff goes here; ugly stuff that you want to hide goes here. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Top is lighter, slender, shallower and typically the function is split between storage and display.</b> This is where you would showcase you 'conspicuous consumption' in the form of fine and exotic china, precious collectibles and anything else that is meaningful to you - <i>TRADITIONS are important. </i></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> ----> Designer Trick: to increase the perception of height in your space don't take your 'hutch design' all the way to the ceiling. If your space is SHORT - lacks height - leave a minor space between your cabinets and the ceiling as illustrated on my own hutch design. Oh, and skip the tall crown moulding opting instead for something simple, classic and well proportioned. <a href="https://studiokosnik.blogspot.com/2018/11/ikea-hacker-says-how-to-make-white.html">This post</a> talks about this particular design and gives you simple instructions on how to make your space look bigger - <a href="https://studiokosnik.blogspot.com/2018/11/ikea-hacker-says-how-to-make-white.html">HERE is the write UP!</a></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><br /></span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><span><span> ----> Designer Trick: </span>To 'CROWN-mould' or 'not-to-CROWN-mould'..? My experience, my intuition, always tells me that hutches were 'work-furniture' first and thus I stay away from any 'too precious, too decorative, too pretentious' crown mouldings and ALWAYS choose the simplest, classic option that fits and matches the build. Remember, that the crown moulding is an integral part of much larger 'first impression' and should not 'steal the show'; simpler is better for hutches. </span></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Chapter 2 - 'Eloquent and historic' </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Below is an example of a very fine North American production hutch, ~1950's - just the bottom; will update overall shot - made in cherry. Yes, this is natural cherry when it ages as it should - on display. It is absolutely wild to me to think that my family bought this piece used, when we immigrated to Canada in 1991 for an equivalent of about '1.5 rents on a 3 bedroom unit'. Today I would not undertake this production for less than $30k - it is so beautifully and thoughtfully made; well detailed in elements that suggest great fluency in craft; the grain matches so well and clearly sourced from a single log; the quality of the wood is amazing in itself; the finish is holding up amazing; hardware if decorative and well made; load bearing! - holy cow!; it's just a really good quality piece. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6lE2XpBQoREZP09CRij5wD6QhS9_tF9epqfkW3fitI_aeuzBXqsbmbrS9rnZOyBWZ-5vhszgVLGpD6bKOu-lbl4t5ENXkuiV3kmCnjjNY0e2O1L2bmaJ7hHbFWc9VtfKeDbTgnu-JzY_pgi36oUJn_hP7KHSkE98xc80JInkx1T0jvV3wzcdava6chQ=s587" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="587" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh6lE2XpBQoREZP09CRij5wD6QhS9_tF9epqfkW3fitI_aeuzBXqsbmbrS9rnZOyBWZ-5vhszgVLGpD6bKOu-lbl4t5ENXkuiV3kmCnjjNY0e2O1L2bmaJ7hHbFWc9VtfKeDbTgnu-JzY_pgi36oUJn_hP7KHSkE98xc80JInkx1T0jvV3wzcdava6chQ=w433-h243" width="433" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We won't be getting into the design aspect of hutches - balance, proportions, functionality, ----> this post focuses how to construct the look using SEKTION boxes. I will give you 'my hutch' example. Here, it's an IKEA Hack too! - I highlighted all the elements that were sourced from IKEA - <i>that's right, this is Swedish Socialism!</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhswIfBxoP4AA2Y30NoItySEzWtQ-9Krk-vU0IpnI-qN_4yQ46GaZW2vWoAVN4ex8Hm555yiDeJ1fL4xVelmuNE6heA3SwHOVV-F0bbrTKLtWmX4a7KnAErF4VIw90d-H0Ym9rey1rkUV1PtWrV5S0zpuKIoJkt2sRXBD5v-lt83hYWib-0y567FWWFtQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhswIfBxoP4AA2Y30NoItySEzWtQ-9Krk-vU0IpnI-qN_4yQ46GaZW2vWoAVN4ex8Hm555yiDeJ1fL4xVelmuNE6heA3SwHOVV-F0bbrTKLtWmX4a7KnAErF4VIw90d-H0Ym9rey1rkUV1PtWrV5S0zpuKIoJkt2sRXBD5v-lt83hYWib-0y567FWWFtQ=w234-h312" width="234" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here is the the list, all sourced from IKEA Etobicoke - the bestest of all location - </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">'A' is a pane of glass from a broken BILLY bookcase door that I picked up at AS-IS section for 10 bucks - good quality, nice thickness, excellent clarity, <b>tempered for safety </b> [meaning the glass will break up into 1000's little harmless pieces instead of producing jagged shards; ALL glass in any millwork projects MUST be safety glass, so either tempered OR laminated; A MUST!!]</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">'B' is a KARLBY birch slab that I picked up for $20 bucks because it was damaged in transit. Discount reflects the severity of damage to the piece - it was 'almost un-sale'able' - however for this particular design I was able to cut around it and salvage a really nice chunk of it. </span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgs4VHK15qpjW9C0N-ph8BTRszVgRwlKePZ7mNEPZ9Jk1aeb0QcQGgXSzTFup1eWBYjpEMIz13FV1wLVCPL34-tIn1sCDpkO-HfGxszWmDgIpdAwErCcOeEJvEFeuU9Xc1NINs_ExLc05jdvK0CiacNG1lxT_LgHDNB8dBBmQXK0KkHgxCNNPaUorsO0A=s4032"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgs4VHK15qpjW9C0N-ph8BTRszVgRwlKePZ7mNEPZ9Jk1aeb0QcQGgXSzTFup1eWBYjpEMIz13FV1wLVCPL34-tIn1sCDpkO-HfGxszWmDgIpdAwErCcOeEJvEFeuU9Xc1NINs_ExLc05jdvK0CiacNG1lxT_LgHDNB8dBBmQXK0KkHgxCNNPaUorsO0A=s320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">----> One of the most 'annoying things' with cabinetry and millwork in general is when the edging fails - the finish material that is applied to cover the exposed and vulnerable edges. The cheaper the build, <i>the less thoughtful the design</i>, the crappier quality the edging - it's the first to fail as is most exposed to typical 'bumps and bruises of kitchen life'. To avoid frustration and give it a solid, trouble free performance I applied a 1/4" thick Canadian hard maple edge. Right away I will confess that this decision was right - it's extra labour + materials... but - it has saved this piece many times over! With 4 babies at home they all keep hitting and banging into that edge with various hard objects! The finish on the wood is BULLET-proof. For all my 'wood+water' situations I use a product called OSMO - it is a modern synthetic hardwax that cures hard for 30 days with my especially developed finishing process! - <i>bulletproof; I even do exotic wood sculpted tub edges in this finish - damp and wet ALL the time!</i></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">'C' are ENERYDAS, here ----><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU-sjHhDzlRYvTBlHcGnY6d_Ujp-80CvB6AE04saUtoGkyg2PKUEGqt91idAhZmEqcLIimF6fDRnm3l4wFNokJMPASrbEGew4UTLQzcIjiGRZ_AI4LlkImHTvELqZo6kv9gY_wBOULWbr_esDpA6a9eovLKXV2V8W5j_jkpICICBjuOXi6s0wdkCUgpA=s1792" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhU-sjHhDzlRYvTBlHcGnY6d_Ujp-80CvB6AE04saUtoGkyg2PKUEGqt91idAhZmEqcLIimF6fDRnm3l4wFNokJMPASrbEGew4UTLQzcIjiGRZ_AI4LlkImHTvELqZo6kv9gY_wBOULWbr_esDpA6a9eovLKXV2V8W5j_jkpICICBjuOXi6s0wdkCUgpA=s320" width="148" /></a></div></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This Ikea Hack Hutch design got an update recently - SO has been bugging me to fill up that empty space above the coffee maker. After pricing some nice looking hardware that came up to like 400 bucks [!!!], I opted instead to go with IKEA again, saving myself around 250 bucks. Here!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi82ZnvtQW7tBo3HV-PH80cqW8rp8OwvaZ1aTrZyPcVxp9C13siB4JtjD03D179rK2ApkHiYkQ8aMuf1fx1jZ4OHc8g7YhCy8YeAXlya7WXArkaPk2hlsWE1Ks_iP0lQX2r5UN5-KLCwdDtIE2G-bTJkkZFKikBY1rxtZgMxLuTyGbSTAb_s0yZRjn8JQ=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi82ZnvtQW7tBo3HV-PH80cqW8rp8OwvaZ1aTrZyPcVxp9C13siB4JtjD03D179rK2ApkHiYkQ8aMuf1fx1jZ4OHc8g7YhCy8YeAXlya7WXArkaPk2hlsWE1Ks_iP0lQX2r5UN5-KLCwdDtIE2G-bTJkkZFKikBY1rxtZgMxLuTyGbSTAb_s0yZRjn8JQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let's bring this picture here again. I think that this is such a<i> beautiful and balanced kitchen design</i>. The SEKTION boxes fit perfectly. But the most important observation that I want to make is this:<i> it has certain 'eloquence and historicism'.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje09gntJfCKjVa3UmQvmuXklkVmrDpl8Y0NwLALu88_XjUZtDvhWY68z_5KZrH06T31VhAccChHwcfsJ0uZ67pK0Ig4EPBX-sWB674Of_MWCtrWSXDiLsY0RdMHAT-L3hbEnNWlRWXPHXAlPWVQ0UWNDclDtIPyjTE3y10rloRvF39oO2woLJWYNfuKg=s3670" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3670" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEje09gntJfCKjVa3UmQvmuXklkVmrDpl8Y0NwLALu88_XjUZtDvhWY68z_5KZrH06T31VhAccChHwcfsJ0uZ67pK0Ig4EPBX-sWB674Of_MWCtrWSXDiLsY0RdMHAT-L3hbEnNWlRWXPHXAlPWVQ0UWNDclDtIPyjTE3y10rloRvF39oO2woLJWYNfuKg=s320" width="174" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Do you want to know what the appeal of the 'Hutch look' is...? Simple - <i>it's charming. </i>Kitchen boxes plainly put together just to 'fill the space' lack the proper response from the viewer or user - <b>kitchens, in my opinion, should evoke emotions whether you are aware of it or not [that's Psychology of Design!].</b> Oftentimes it's just a gut feeling - 'we like it; it resonates with us; it reminds us of something pleasant...'. But what...?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In my writings and designs I often talk about Psychology of Design - one of my obsessive interests is 'human behaviour in residential settings' [I created a term for it, I call it NHA - 'Necessary Human Activity' and I always try to optimize it; boring!!]. Our interiors have dramatically evolved over the last say 500 years, but our 'kitchen human behaviours' essentially stayed the same. Historically, cabinetry existed first as furniture. When a move was made to make that furniture more permanent - built-ins, kitchens - 'the dimensions of that move stayed the same', meaning the physical structure was bulked up for heavier loads, but objects created still matched the 'limits of human body': we can only reach so far and high; it's only comfortable to perform certain tasks [Necessary Human Activity] in certain 'body positions and angles'. <b>And let me tell you that the HUTCH is perfect for it! - it's an 'organic, natural resolution' to our human needs. </b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now take a look at 'functional design history' and you will see countless examples of hutches ranging from the most utilitarian, basic work-kitchen hutches to exquisite, precious builds found in manors, made for 'displaying history and family's good taste.' You see hutches everywhere, every household has one, because they work, and they work well. The HUTCH is the workhorse of any family assembly! We all have seen them; we all have experienced them throughout our lives and likely have 'unconscious friendly hutch bias'. TRUE! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">All we are trying to do is to replicate, re-experience, re-live all those 'good times'! I think. Look, my own design, the one you see above, the IKEA Hack, I 'psychologically traced' [function, balance, proportions, display etc.] to a kitchen hutch that my Polish grandmother had in her ancient rental kitchen in New York city, during her immigrant years. The house she lived in - 30 years! - was built in the early 20th century featured all solid wood kitchen which had 'normal then, but exquisite by today's standard' joinery. So the quality was there right from the start, I could tell that as a curious child. Bring into that 'The Charm Factor' - wonderful smells of cooking and baking during Christmas, Thanksgiving and Easter [smell is POWERFUL emotional trigger!]; tiny spice drawers; tall glass doors displaying various glassware and china. </span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyRBQ6tfYsyi7_HQd0ScUV6GeJYtMC6mrfAmEABGs2Z6fsGnOst6aFSsNk0de1L90nslauhvXetURmldV4eDJPuGFTJ74q7xZ0NFuiVU07iSWU1b9R-q_w56OXwW7RPY_niXxc3Q-aEZZY_RUWC_XpTvXALRDYQxFhW_9gXsFRj6RGu-QWV4Y8TURiJw=s4032" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiyRBQ6tfYsyi7_HQd0ScUV6GeJYtMC6mrfAmEABGs2Z6fsGnOst6aFSsNk0de1L90nslauhvXetURmldV4eDJPuGFTJ74q7xZ0NFuiVU07iSWU1b9R-q_w56OXwW7RPY_niXxc3Q-aEZZY_RUWC_XpTvXALRDYQxFhW_9gXsFRj6RGu-QWV4Y8TURiJw=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Those two pieces I highlighted in my own hutch I inherited from my grandma Helena ---> that ceramic blue fish is an exquisite Japanese serving bowl for fish soup from 1890; that ceramic kettle is British made from late 1800's as well. I treasure these piece immensely because I have wonderful childhood memories associated with them... My hutch is my family's history in some way... you know.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>~~And that my friends is the secret to designing successful 'Hutch Designs' - call onto all your childhood memories... That's all!~~</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Chapter 3 - Ok then, how do I stack the SEKTION boxes to make them look like a 'Hutch Design'...?</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I am gonna say that IKEA will be an asshole** and for warranty purposes will claim that they need to be hung up - <i>a classic SHALLOW SEKTION install</i> -<u> it's the best; the flexibility of that hanging system is incredible and needs a creative individual to truly open up the potential of it. </u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bummer is that for this to be done well, it needs to be done very very accurately. How accurately..? This accurately, LOOK ----></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy12jhM8l3RfzYUbDWFAPK9PcB8ic4TzqMSBcdML6EfaV6joDxqsLe2huQICoKckaf1hEbLa33gDZ1FpvqdmA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I don't know what exact thickness of that piece of cardboard is, however, intuitively to me it feels like the right size gap that will allow for SETTLING of your millwork under load. Not judging, but people will ALWAYS overload their millwork - ALWAYS. I understand, that's why it is important to prioritize when you are organizing and decluttering and unload anything that you don't need. <u>That's right, FREE yourself of your earthly possession that are weighing you down - that's one of the themes for 2022.</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: verdana;">Exciting NEWS</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> ---> I stumbled upon a professional who is MY equivalent but when it comes to organizing 'little stuff'! [I organize BIG stuff - kitchens, closets... etc. vs. LITTLE things, so everything else, like your clothes, electronics, etc. and things you don't even knew about. But let her take care of that. Her mind just works differently than other people! I follow her advice [after 10 years, I achieved Inbox ZERO, for example]. </span><a href="http://neatlyorganized.ca" style="font-family: verdana;" target="_blank">Her name is Melissa</a><span style="font-family: verdana;">, and she is a fellow volunteer Scouter with Scouts Canada. When I met her she was responsible for managing [volunteer!!] the youngest category of kids in the organization - you know how adults talk that managing young children is taxing? </span><a href="http://www.neatlyorganized.ca" target="_blank">try being efficient at it!</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u>Anyhow, BACK to SHALLOW SEKTION installs</u> - I use that paper for a particular reason -<i> it's another IKEA hack, lol</i> - it's the top flap of the SEKTION hardware box and it's found in every SEKTION box. If I was to guess how thick it is, I would say about 1.2mm...? I know what 2mm gaps on cabinetry look like [sharpest look!] and this is skinnier, but I also know that it's more than 1mm... But exactly...? who cares, why measure..? <u>Using spacers such as these on site is an improvement in accuracy that is easily available!</u> The other secret about that little cardboard tab is that is ~very dense~ - meaning it will not crush or collapse and keep that gap consistent as a spacer. Advantage you!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">TO BE CONTINUED...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">**oh, it's ok... Don't cry for IKEA... don't shed those single tears. I feel at ease calling them assholes - WHY? - <b><a href="https://studiokosnik.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-william-bookcase-name-belongs-to-me.html" target="_blank">the next calendar year after my show and launch of my WILLIAM bookcase line, </a></b></span><a href="https://studiokosnik.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-william-bookcase-name-belongs-to-me.html" target="_blank"><b style="font-family: verdana;">IKEA renamed their BILLY bookcases, you guessed... WILLIAM.</b><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>~~'When you hack an IKEA BILLY bookcase and you elevate it in the process, it becomes a WILLIAM bookcase' - Karol Kosnik, </i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Studio Kosnik.~~</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">See, </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">Designing, as creative process is very wholesome and embracing. A good designers applies the entirety of their 'skills repertoire' to the project and considers everything, including 'naming strategies' and marketing. </i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">YEA, I was livid, but fuck it, one day we will resolve it, I promise you, and will let you know how it went. In the meantime I encourage you to experience what Intellectual Property Theft is FIRSTHAND and use your official IKEA app to search out my WILLIAM bookcase. Anyhow, <a href="https://studiokosnik.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-william-debacle-continues-but-who.html">I feel confident in my intellectual property ownership</a> and clearly staked out my claim publicly, right here on this blog - IKEA take note. If IKEA truly is as 'DEMOCRATIC DESIGN' as they claim, then they should acknowledge my contribution. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u>Another issue is that for trademarks to be valid and upheld they must be used</u> - that's the test - and so far it's just you and me looking up how IKEA is stealing from me. That's all. Firm I stand.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>~~ 'I design for the unreasonable.' - Karol Kosnik,</i></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>Studio Kosnik ~~</i></span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">ps. Here is another TRICK!</span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyM06bAOHjyqo9xVUe-zei9olcwUTurRppazBLrFEdnRntEBEwuuhDEGimuYnlxdzHKeSJWxeC3liOM5g4UoA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-49661187374489629122021-09-24T07:04:00.011-07:002021-10-03T15:58:20.927-07:00I LOVE Swedish Socialism - OR - Ikea in FLUX [opportunities!!]<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vjq-3JAL2Xw/YUyS7ePch0I/AAAAAAAAPGw/A9Xhm5_oebI432dVqdlK9mVxFiGxNSzKACLcBGAsYHQ/s1191/SS1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="852" data-original-width="1191" height="313" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Vjq-3JAL2Xw/YUyS7ePch0I/AAAAAAAAPGw/A9Xhm5_oebI432dVqdlK9mVxFiGxNSzKACLcBGAsYHQ/w437-h313/SS1.jpg" width="437" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">[picture shows a person standing at the back of a ferry boat that is sailing away from the land; the wake is clearly visible and above, on a pole there is a Swedish flag that is fluttering in the wind. Overlaid is hand drawn text that reads: 'Swedish Socialism']</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chapter 1 - I LOVE Swedish Socialism<br /><br /><br />from WIKI - 'Swedish Socialism' -<br /><br />1. it is a state of IKEA when the selection is plentiful; pricing is stable; supply predictable AND on-demand; and finally, the delivery is dependable.<br /><br />2. a podcast about Ikea Hacking + Peak Furnishings created and produced by Karol Kosnik. Watch for launch soon - like maybe even... today!<br />.<br />.<br />.<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">#peakFURN</a><br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/#">#studioKosnik</a><br />.<br />.<br /><br />~ciao~<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />This is a copy-n-paste post from my LinkedIn profile. To be continued...</span><br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-63305468960789108872021-05-04T16:14:00.009-07:002021-06-24T10:18:34.645-07:00HAVSTORP - a new and exciting door form IKEA! - REVIEW<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gzol8T1cDXM/YJHRRcSWuII/AAAAAAAANzM/PI1DB0QT4PkDpm7pfA0Qa5_7exq8QNUGQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_7297.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="306" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gzol8T1cDXM/YJHRRcSWuII/AAAAAAAANzM/PI1DB0QT4PkDpm7pfA0Qa5_7exq8QNUGQCLcBGAsYHQ/w408-h306/IMG_7297.jpg" width="408" /></a></div>Picture shows a freshly launched door for the SEKTION box called HAVSTORP. <p></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kbt2YMRjjk" target="_blank">EDIT: Here is the VIDEO REVIEW!</a></b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chapter 1 - HAVSTORP Door Review</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">~When I opened the HAVSTORP box..... I just saw a grey Veddinge doors.~</span></p><p><i><span style="font-family: verdana;">'</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just'.... Listen up! Never underestimate the power of simple slab door in a neutral grey colour AND an at an AMAZING price point! </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yea, I think I only paid $18 bucks from Click-n-Collect at IKEA Etobicoke!</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">White VEDDINGE doors are the cornerstone of IKEA's 'modern design' - Anything and everything goes with these simple and unassuming doors. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Simplest way to accent is to use knobs or pulls - 'Who cares who made the doors or how much they cost, if each knob on that door costs 150 bucks, is handmade and imported from Great Britain?', <a href="http://studiokosnik.blogspot.com/p/the-show-show.html" target="_blank">asked a millionaire.</a> This comparison struck me as odd, but it's very rational way to think about design - we see the 'High-Low' looks all the time, at least I do. I am actually a big fan of the 'High-Low' and use that principle in all my work. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Along comes HAVSTORP......!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tomorrow when I get to the shop will do some 'hard testing' and measure the vitals - will make a YouTube video for sure!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">'Like, comment, subscribe!' hahaha!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">~ciao!~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-67201864718001716362021-01-18T09:08:00.016-08:002023-09-06T06:03:01.425-07:00The case for WILLIAM - a BILLY bookcase hack OR everybody needs boxes in their life.<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> This entry here is a part of the Toronto Design Festival 2021.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><span><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YcuPKt4iIdY/YAXNlAey_yI/AAAAAAAANf4/14fCkoeIcpMmXLDnt3WS348McEP1Rg9mwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6232.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YcuPKt4iIdY/YAXNlAey_yI/AAAAAAAANf4/14fCkoeIcpMmXLDnt3WS348McEP1Rg9mwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_6232.JPG" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Picture shows Studio Kosnik WILLIAM bookcase prototype, a work-in-progress - a BILLY bookcase hack designed in the aesthetic called 'Accidental Wes Anderson'. The BILLY bookcase had the back replaced with beadboard; side panels were added as well as 'face frames' and an oversized arch with a crown moulding tops the box.</span></span></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C3cWlaTLYnA/YBbCJEC0egI/AAAAAAAANiQ/CQVpetZh-nMokEV1QoIUhoi3NiLgZ4vxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/File_000%2B%25281%2529.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-C3cWlaTLYnA/YBbCJEC0egI/AAAAAAAANiQ/CQVpetZh-nMokEV1QoIUhoi3NiLgZ4vxwCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/File_000%2B%25281%2529.jpeg" /></a></div><span><span style="font-family: georgia;">Finished!!!</span></span><p></p><p>Picture shows a very fancy looking BILLY bookcase hack by Karol Kosnik - the WILLIAM bookcase. </p><p><span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chapter 1 - The need for storage</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">People have stuff. Sometimes lots and lots of it. Sometimes they have too much stuff and it becomes a problem. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Solution? </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">BOXES.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Yes my friends that is most requested item on the menu at Studio Kosnik. No it is not fancy furniture design that people want [although I will often throw in some eccentric element into my design] <u>but rather the superbly organized, well lit, beautifully functional Ikea hacks</u>. I have found the perfect partner in IKEA - essentially they are in the business of boxes - well designed, well sourced.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">In fact, Ikea's boxes are so popular that they often sell out of them. There exist shortages of their well priced boxes across many areas of United States, Canada - even European Union has its own issues [BREXIT!!]. Consumers complain of being sold a beautiful dream via the various IKEA planners, be it PAX, or SEKTION, or BESTA or BILLY or EKET..... just sooo many boxes - and then realizing that the item is out of stock and hasn't been re-stocked in ages. Or maybe they live outside of delivery area. Or maybe there isn't anyone in the area to install it - yes, there is a shortage of skilled labour.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u>Entry point pricing on a box that typically carries a better 'design value' </u>- for example the design for the BILLY bookcase is resolved downright to the shelf pins! check them out! 10/10 - means that many of those boxes paired with the right designer [yes, that is another requirement...] - <u>becomes an irresistible value proposition.</u> How high are you holding your nose in relation to your wallet, huh?** </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">What is the box that every dwelling will need? Easy, it's the kitchen box and SEKTION - which is IKEA's second version of the kitchen box; a complete re-design of their previous AKURUM system [for which by the way exists an entire ecosystem of shops making replacement doors] - is an industry leader.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I love telling this story:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">So one day we were installing some really fancy fancy millwork for Canada's most famous lawyer - personal residence. I was fresh out of design school and working for a high end millwork company. This place had it all - 'a meellion dollar floor', rift sawn wenge; 'a meellion dollar' kitchen, Italian Boffi; of course there was my 'meellion dollar zebra wood' closet and media unit. The house is absolutely stunning and well designed. Soon I discovered that there was another large kitchen in the basement - an exact look-alike, except it was from IKEA. This Boffi/IKEA thing did not dawn on me right away - both kitchens were nice white high gloss; both kitchens featured great functional hardware, AND at first glance they appeared identical. That's right ~they appeared identical~. Me, quote, unquote, a professional, couldn't spot the difference at first glance. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;">Much years has passed since that time - today, almost 15 years later, I've developed a more discerning eye and can spot 'designer' things easier, but this experience is deeply etched in my mind. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: courier;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>~See? Who knows if you don't tell them? ~</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chapter 2 - The Pandemic</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This pandemic has caused a dramatic shift to work from home for a specific demographic and now this demographic needs to be productive at home. There is a lot to be said for a comfortable task chair or a great, 'just-for-me' height desk or nifty filing storage system. Guess what the backbone of such setups is? If you guessed boxes and slabs then you are right.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Browsing subreddits r/IKEA and r/IkeaHacks will give you an idea of the pent-up demand. Once a blessing - GLOBALIZATION - now a curse as all supply chains are upended and in shock. Geopolitical tensions are also rising and large corporations such as IKEA need to re-evaluate their long term stability of their supply chains. A good example that I always like to use is this: the more expensive and important a SEKTION door the likelier it is made in a stable western democracy. There are no doors made in China [there were!] and HAGGEBY which IKEA's plainest door is made in Ukraine which as far as my understanding goes is currently at war with Russia. </span></p><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-11107367198777643602020-12-30T19:55:00.007-08:002022-08-30T15:23:23.736-07:00the 2020 FRIHETEN sofa reupholster project - pandemic edition;<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BjTxLaqMWco/X-0wuqjpD3I/AAAAAAAANSg/wFlE6cfiiv0KpZuNhIbNymTJpRoB-0WqQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6081.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="295" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BjTxLaqMWco/X-0wuqjpD3I/AAAAAAAANSg/wFlE6cfiiv0KpZuNhIbNymTJpRoB-0WqQCLcBGAsYHQ/w393-h295/IMG_6081.JPG" width="393" /></a></div><br /><p>Picture shows FRIHETEN pullout sofa bed 3 seater with an optional chaise on the right. This is the model that I had re-upholstered. Arrows point to the chaise on the left and the hidden/stored away pull out section. </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Chapter 1 - FRIHETEN sofa - IKEA's entry level sofa;</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Entry level sofas are there for a reason - to capture the largest market share - and I am certain that IKEA has been successful there. People hate this couch tho. It has a very poor rating - only 2.2 stars [out of 5] - and that includes on the IKEA's own website. I am here to change your mind - the poor rating comes from the wear and tear that occurs during the lifespan of the couch. There are number of elements of the couch that directly contribute to the comfort that the user experiences - the springs, the backer fabric cover, the foam, the batting and finally the fabric cover itself - when these elements break, wear out or shift the discomfort starts. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-39Q3RvctsTE/X-0-toZKPEI/AAAAAAAANS8/MeZdpHH7y2EvwBBxy6XjRNGDSfkDWf1IQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6049%2B%25281%2529.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="277" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-39Q3RvctsTE/X-0-toZKPEI/AAAAAAAANS8/MeZdpHH7y2EvwBBxy6XjRNGDSfkDWf1IQCLcBGAsYHQ/w369-h277/IMG_6049%2B%25281%2529.JPG" width="369" /></a></div>Picture shows a well loved, heavily used, fully unfolded FRIHESTEN sofa that had the pull out section deconstructed - the upholstery, the batting, the foam and the backer fabric has been removed to clearly illustrate the softwood frame. <p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We've had ours for 6 years now with daily use, including sleeping and vigorous jumping by children [to the point that I thought it is going to break, me, as a furniture maker was worried about labour hours required to fix things]. 2020 with the lock downs has had us stuck at home for a lot longer than we liked, and since the couch is also part the gaming </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">center it has received significantly more use. Then a spring broke - leading to the foam collapsing - and the sofa become uncomfortable.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">How long should sofas last? 6 years? 10 years? I would say that our sofa received above average usage, high usage, heavy usage - no two ways about it. Look at this pictorial - this is the anatomy of FRIHETEN sofa -</span></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: verdana; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4os-RM0XnFs/X-02rWVtv3I/AAAAAAAANSs/eoKdTa6m--kNEq6VM_W1NtsyLkNAduMwwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6079.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="282" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4os-RM0XnFs/X-02rWVtv3I/AAAAAAAANSs/eoKdTa6m--kNEq6VM_W1NtsyLkNAduMwwCLcBGAsYHQ/w376-h282/IMG_6079.JPG" width="376" /></a></div><span style="font-family: georgia;">Picture shows a cross section of IKEA's Friheten sofa clearly outlining each element of the design. Arrows point to the three elements that I recommend upgrading and replacing - batting, foam, back cover fabric;</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>This is essentially the anatomy of any 'modern sofa'</i> - I know I am generalizing, but you get the picture - 'squarish seats, sides and back + puffy pillows for back rests and side rests' look PLUS whatever legs you get. It's soft and supportive where most of your butt hits, got some flexible back support and it is comfortable enough that you can fall asleep on it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">When I was in Design School I got a scholarship to work for Canadian equivalent of Herman Miller - Nienkamper. I spent two months working the floor across various departments - I met some incredible, creative, inventive craftspeople! My favourite department tho - hands down! - was the upholstery. They do some really, really nice stuff - designer stuff too - there is only so many recipes for for modern sofas. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Theoretically I could have re-created a high-end version of FRIHETEN - built a 'proper hardwood frame', make up better legs [the original are cheap plastic, but the do the job]. And then sell it for a million dollars to the consumer - that's how it works in the high end sofa business. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">But why? For what reason? If this FRIHETEN has not collapsed so far - I completely agree with the designers making the right choices when it came to materials - what would be gained if functionality is not affected? The upholstery frames were </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">European</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> softwood, but well selected for straight grain with minimal warp. The finger joint was strong and stapled properly, adhesive likely used - thumbs up. The torsion boxes for the sofa were rigid and strong - baltic birch for greatest loads, moving onto organic 3/4 particle core for structure with some 1/4 mdf for non-load bearing skins. If I were to optimized a production costs for a 100 000 sofa run I would make the same decisions - nothing in structural integrity is compromised. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">As to the complaints of it 'squeaking', run-aways and 'general wobbliness' - it's all tied to loose hardware. Grab your Allen keys periodically and adjust all fasteners - wood gets compressed and loses that 'tightness' - 1 full turn can work wonders. This is just a function of the incredible modularity and flexibility of the design. If I knew that this FRIHETEN sofa is never coming apart I'd just throw in some silicone beads in the right spots ~and you done~</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">FINAL LOOK: After </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zyYjargTH_0/X-1CGh5b6WI/AAAAAAAANTI/feISTVlzoKU7oHK-WLP8xVLUjGsuNdgHwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6068.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="276" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zyYjargTH_0/X-1CGh5b6WI/AAAAAAAANTI/feISTVlzoKU7oHK-WLP8xVLUjGsuNdgHwCLcBGAsYHQ/w369-h276/IMG_6068.JPG" width="369" /></a></div>Picture shows a newly re-upholstered FRIHETEN sofa bed, without cushions, fully unfolded. The sofa looks clean, and plump and the original fabric - which was washed and air dried before being re-installed - looks brand new with minimal wear. <div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Something had to be done. We either buy a new sofa or ...... what? How do you go shopping for a sofa in the middle of a pandemic lock down? You tell me. We don't really trust a lot of reviews - point being our FRIHETEN, we loved it, and now love it even more that it is practically ~luxurious~. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>I have to say that my butt has the final say on any piece of 'seating' in my house. So any on-line purchases were OUT.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I knew exactly what to expect from FRIHETEN - it was </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">utilitarian cheap entry model that worked well for us. Can I repeat its success? Can I improve on the design? Can I fix all the flaws that were annoying me, and it seemed a whole bunch of other FRIHETEN owners? </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I know basic upholstery principles of slabs - that all this IKEA sofa is - what if I replace the worn out foam with something that is top-line? Since the original upholstery fabric must have stretched over the years of usage, I figure I can cheat and use 1" thick, quality batting vs. the original 1/2" 'cheap thing'. The synthetic backer over the springs has been worn out - what if I replace it with some heavy heavy gauge cloth that will further provide support and protect the foam from wearing out against the springs? 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I just stepped in from the the cold - dang it! it's freezing!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">**A note about the ORIGINAL FABRIC:**</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>It is great. It held up incredible well over the years</b> - even with all the spills and messes. It held up to to all the vacuuming, spot cleaning and 'wash-downs'. There were no snags, tears or rips and the joints were all solid - <i>this is why it made sense to re-use the upholstery. </i>All staples were removed with care to ensure that no damage was done to the fabric - that was probably my least favourite part of the job - long, tedious, and requiring care. But you got to do it.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UyUSIJDhnj0/X-1LPLLPl5I/AAAAAAAANTs/mBkgNARw74sRFiKUUzaiwgQBNrOHYUo8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/IMG_6054.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UyUSIJDhnj0/X-1LPLLPl5I/AAAAAAAANTs/mBkgNARw74sRFiKUUzaiwgQBNrOHYUo8QCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/IMG_6054.JPG" /></a></div>Picture shows a close-up overhead shot of a staple removal by carefully lifting it with the blade of a flathead screw-driver. Once the crown was lifted, I used basic pliers to gently pull the staples fully out. <br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Once they are all gone you can gently peel of the fabric and wash it - I used the gentlest, wool-only cashmere quality organic stuff, pre-soaked for hours. I kid you not, it came out looking so good and clean and fresh that I was very impressed. It was not stretched by any means [and even if it did stretch I already had a plan in place for that with the thicker, best quality batting, 1" vs. 1/2" original].</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I would say that my fabric got 'beyond abuse' <b>or any 'rational use'.</b> <b>Children used to party on it, hard.</b> It was a fort, it was a spaceship with multiple battles and multiple casualties on multiple levels [because you don't necessarily need to 'flip up' the pull out for use; when playing we would often lower it.] We played wrestling - my character was always the same - 'Pencil Pusher'. My signature move was 'the Scorpion' which I followed with 'the Slap Back' - I fully indulged my boys' firm belief in reality of wrestling for those brief periods of time in their life. FRIEHETEN held up so well and that's why I was so distressed about it breaking down. No way was I gonna let go a good friend. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Peak Pandemic required to literally pull some strings at my favourite upholstery store so they would let me in - I picked a nice, full size foam slab, enough to cover the 3 sections of FRIEHETEN. It almost doubles the price of foam if you get it cut in-house, so you save money by cutting yourself. ALSO - I actually made my foam larger, about 3/4" over all - for a fuller look. It ends up looking 'less crisp' but the thicker batting and oversized foam are super comfortable - or should I say, just the way I like it. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">**Foam density can be a tricky thing**</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"> Some people like it firm and some like it soft. From the industry insider I know that the mattress business is a one big sham, in a way. Profit margins are ridiculous, competitors are bought out creating near monopolies and a guy who ran an accountability / review website for foam mattresses got sued by the industry - all true. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For me sitting is a three part move. There is the first initial landing on the fabric - I prefer stiff, curt, utilitarian fabrics [like the FRIHETEN] - the</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">y last long and are easy to clean. Leather is not my preferred choice - skin on leather never feels right. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Second is the 'soft support give' - provided by the batting; I like thick. 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<span face="">A] You will never regret getting these doors. I thought that I <i>loved </i>the Grey Axstad [which is a quality improvement over the White Axstad; see my<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sW6opnceyVQ&ab_channel=KarolKosnik" target="_blank"> YouTube review of White Axstad HERE]</a>, but these dark, formal, elegant BLUE Axstad doors take the cake. Obviously they are a particular look and you would need to coordinate everything else around them - it's a very demanding door; because it is so 'high end', they in-turn demand a high-end design and finishes around them. Brass and gold would look amazing paired up with that door - look at WALNUT! Dark, warm, natural woods would be a luxurious pairing - I like natural wood because it is 'pure and unadulterated, just nature' vs. stained, which occasionally I see done badly.</span><br />
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<span face="">B] They will act like a 'high end door' - they are heavier, thicker and put together with IKEA's new, 'super slim' hinge [you can say good bye to those chunky grey pistons; no savings from IKEA here tho, higher price, which should be lower, but you got to make up your profit margins somewhere right?] they will have a motion of a 'nice, refined doors'. It's hard for me to describe the sound 'ahhh' the first time the doors close on a client. Everyone is impressed - it's such a simple 'elevation'. </span><br />
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<span face="">C] DESIGN wise - think of them as a NAVY Uniform - elegant, professional - any finishes that exude those qualities will work - herringbone for floors if you can afford - wood or tile. Dark floors will work particularly well - here is a great, 'cheap option' - I love the look of dark, pre-finished parquet. It is cheaper than strip flooring, it has a 'rich texture' look because of all the little wood pieces [there is varieties of parquet tiles! look into it! you may find one you love!]. I've done tons of high end condos in parquet back in my flooring days. Trim on the wall, any panelling - Yeezus! just open up any fancy magazine, find the pic you love matching the doors and copy the look! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I have not been this excited since IKEA introduced the WHITE AXSTAD. I think the Gray AXSTAD is a perfect choice for designer kitchen - add three of these simple [simple, in relation to the kitchen] elements and you have taken your project OUT of the IKEA kitchen planner language [so it doesn't look like every other generic Gray Axstad kitchen]; you retain the amazing 25 year warranty [no more worries about replacement doors or drawer fronts] AND you made it yours AND it looks like a million buck$!</span><br />
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Picture shows two tall, one deep and one shallow IKEA Sektion pantries with Ringhult doors; clad in custom 1" thick magnetic chalkboard panels. IKEA lights paired with a remote control installed above doors provide additional lighting in a rather dim kitchen. The design is very well priced, looks very modern and sharp. The magnetic chalkboard panels were chosen on purpose - it was to encourage the homeowner's two young children to get more involved in cooking!<br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I mean, if that is not the most requested look for custom doors then I don't know this business. Proper Shaker kitchens exude an aura of craftsmanship and quality - and people desire craftsmanship and quality from their kitchen. I have to say that there is also a certain charm in them. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">And that one little thing - ***the bumps*** - it's easy to overcome, don't let that sway you away from purchasing. I will be using these doors on my projects. </span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-79588362300162773622019-03-27T09:47:00.000-07:002019-03-30T16:03:19.413-07:00The WILLIAM debacle continues, but who CARES?<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Chapter 1 - Exactly? <u>Who really cares that IKEA stole that concept from me? </u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I was furious when I got the news. I did feel a blatant stab in my chest, 'IKEA Canada renames BILLY bookcase WILLIAM'. But why? What's up? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">WILLIAM is the final step in the Peak Furnishings saga for the simple BILLY bookcase - WILLIAM is the final design destination, its final step in its design evolution. IKEA, the most influential furniture design company in the world [by sales volume; mostly to the poor and the savvy*], by adopting the name of my BILLY bookcase hack line, acknowledges that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I just have really hard time accepting the fact that this was a totally random decision that came from IKEA's design department. You know what I do before I create any Intellectual Property? I simply google the sh*t out of the topic - I scan ALL the results. You can find out very, very quickly if your idea exists - you can find out very quickly if anyone produced a YouTube video about the subject - you can hit all the BLOGGER sites with the content of interest. TODAY access to information is not an IMPEDIMENT TO BEING ETHICAL about the products or ideas you give life to. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif;">Instead I will make an argument that IKEA felt threatened that I was actually able to recognize the full potential of that simple, affordable box and the masses of consumers may be attracted to the possibilities that I was presenting them with. <u>Oh yes - IT'S CHEAPER TOO!</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Chapter 2 - WILLIAM is the final step of the BILLY journey. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You know, sometimes things are not said out in the open, out loud. Sometimes it's simply a consistent trend, that if you are skilled at predicting the future, you can see the final chapter of. The final, ultimate chapter of any DESIGN STORY is the end user - you and me - but more importantly 'me', these days at least. The more granular your success, the greater it is. WILLIAM bookcase is the iBookcase - a simple bookcases for the masses that still have books or other things that they need to display. It's simplicity - in design, material choices, name [until now....] - was its greatest strength. I think that at the moment you have a professional recognize its commercial value and that design product finds a welcoming audience - BOOM! <u>It's made - WILLIAM it is.</u> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes! I will be pompous about it!- I DO take my work very seriously and am deeply PASSIONATE about it. AND you know what, if you work hard, it's perfectly acceptable to enjoy your success! Let me tell you that it is every furniture designer's dream - WHILE STILL IN SCHOOL! - that they design an 'iconic piece' that will enter the canons of design forever..... It's usually chairs as they allow for 'most dramatic personalization vs. intimate user contact' - so you can easily vary or adjust the looks vs. comfort. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When you think of corporate lounge interiors do you not think of the Barcelona Chair? And what is the epitome of an American lounge chair if not the Eames Chaise Lounge? And when you think of a 'proper dining chair', say a set of 6 or 8, do you not think about the Wishbone chair? I know I am generalizing a bit, but I am sure once I mentioned a name the image immediately popped in your head. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But I gave up on that dream few years back. Why did I give up? Well, there is simply almost an <i>overabundance of products, and chairs especially</i>. Many, many, designers and makers, professional and amateur alike take up that challenge and end up spending countless hours crafting their original, unique and often commercially irreproducible objects - sometimes with incredible results. Honestly, I sometimes end up overwhelmed looking at images of products. The effort required to punch thru, the effort to get noticed is enormous and requires great resources AND often is a simple fickle of fate or destiny.... So - what do I do? - Design chairs or play the lottery?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">BUT IMAGINE that instead, very naturally, you stumble onto a very popular and accessible design [BILLY!] and over the course of some times you take it and realize the full potential of that design. MORE - countless of others can do the same - with you as a template for their design success - that in my opinion is the GREATEST SUCCESS - Accessibility, Affordability and Community! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Historically, the WILLIAM bookcase concept is mine, I am extending the invitation to you too IKEA. Happy Birthday BILLY! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><u>Oh! And the most salient point of all *** if we had UBI society then IKEA Hacking would not exist ***</u></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I want to make an observation here. This past Design Week, in January 2019, here in Toronto - a pretty cool, pretty informative platform for a lot of interesting design - I went to see a talk titled <b>'Uncovering Canadian Design'. </b>A panel of rather young, but clearly established brands, took questions and spoke about their own work. Few sad realization happened, for me at least - FIRSTLY and most IMPORTANTLY - you have to go to New York to make it big, Toronto is too small. That, and the power of good rendering. Jamie Wolfond, a young Canadian designer, popular on Instagram - so very much a visual footprint - raised an issue of originality - being creative in an original fashion AND how important it is for him. My guess was that most people in the audience were the 'creative types' - so usually freelancers, contract-2-contract work, occasionally slow then crazy. You know, there is a lot of people who just want to make a living out of their creativity and Intellectual Property they produce. And the fact is that they don't have - or don't want to - spend their limited creative bandwidth fighting to enforce their rights. <b>We live in a society that should respect the creative effort by default - or at least that is my hope.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">*IKEA must be dreaming when it thinks of itself as a 'Designer Brand', it never was, and never will be - it shows their lack of understanding of the concept of Luxury Furniture, and the psychology of it. </span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5546480554489899552.post-63487608812941738892019-02-21T18:08:00.000-08:002019-02-25T05:04:08.431-08:00The WILLIAM bookcase name belongs to me - IKEA stop stealing, it's UNETHICAL. <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Yes, in 2018, I had a show titled 'U [can] 2' during which I launched the WILLIAM bookcase - 'when you take a BILLY bookcase and you hack it, you elevate it and make into a WILLIAM bookcase'. In fact IKEA steals not only that concept, but also the 'growing up portion'? No way! I can easily prove that it exactly the 'growing up' portion is *** stolen too ***. Billy to William is a natural transition - it indicates growth, maturity, prestige. Yea, I'm exactly as old as the Billy bookcase! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You know what? I'm flattered. I agree - it is the cleverest way to change the name BILLY, and it was me and not your marketing department that came up with that - shit over luck! AND! AND! That's just a <u>fucking awesome IKEA HACK</u>! <i>You hack the name and you hack the product.</i> In my books, you just can't top that. That's clever. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So yes. Pretty please - while the new catalogue is not printed yet - don't change the name of the BILLY bookcase to WILLIAM bookcase. <u>It belongs to me, and is very dear to my heart</u> - there is a whole philosophy behind it, other than your new marketing of it - could it be the ultimate personalization? - yes, but you are not the first ones to create that notion. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Don't steal IP! You know it is unethical.</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">*edit the next day - theoretically we could just narrow this spat down to a monetary transaction - that's as basic capitalism as we get, and we can't escape that. I am willing to license my WILLIAM name to you, IKEA, as a concept - so you can own in its entirety and profit from it ---> the start with a BILLY, the hacking portion, and the final ultimate 'personalization' WILLIAM/BILLY - 5 cents per individual unit sale - you can have it. Look, I can be bought and sold too - especially when an idea is good or great, and there will be larger positive implications. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We can go at length on 'what is' and 'how to' about hacking but given the market response [the ultimate gauge of successful implementation, DELAKTIG for one] including yours [choosing to steal my name] I say I am in the right and you are in the wrong. There is no stopping human creativity and Peak Furnishings is here to stay. Get used to it. Is it going to affect your business? For sure! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hey! And let me offer some comment on your new name and campaign. So the only info I was able to find is that it is IKEA Canada that has changed the name BILLY to WILLIAM. It is unclear from the website if the change is a permanent re-brand, or a temporary promotional move. There is a hashtag 'ItsWilliamNow' and the visual branding has the name BILLY crossed out and written in WILLIAM. <u>First off, as a huge fan of BILLY, on a personal level - I don't like it.</u> There is certain simplicity to BILLY that the name espouses and I really like that. Just from a linguistic perspective, and even a bit of a 'cultural overview' - the name BILLY is wonderfully ambiguous - I hope you made that observation and noted its appeal. Now marry that ambiguity to a visual campaign and you have exactly what your marketing department came up with. *** Now, the name WILLIAM - that sure is man.... middle aged.... British? Holy cow! You really can't escape that imagery - especially in the Western World. Is that how BILLY customers should see themselves? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now, how is my WILLIAM bookcase different from your WILLIAM bookcases? In every aspect - my WILLIAM is a well thought out decision, a conscious creative intervention - it is sophisticated. It is not minimalist is that oversimplified sense - <i>because the strength of the original BILLY is its simplicity.</i> Yes, I am upset. </span><br />
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