Most furniture designers spend their entire career in search of that single design that will transcend time and make them a style icon. Ninety-nine percent of us will never achieve this goal. However, with some ingenuity we will produce a few designs that will cause a ripple in the great furniture continuum – even if for a short period of time.
If you are old enough, I am sure you have seen the replay of Bobby Thompson’s homerun that won the World Series for the Giants over the Dodgers in the 1950’s. If it had not been for his famous home run, most of us would never have heard of Mr. Thompson. As a furniture designer, I have gained lots of attention from my Manhattan Lounge Chair, which I am hoping will become my “homerun” and propel me into “Bobby Thompson status”.
I believe that the Manhattan Lounge Chair is special because it portrays multiple dimensions. The overlapping loops give the chair depth that most designs do not achieve. This depth is further enhanced when the finish is hand-shaded to show off these multiple levels, giving the design a third dimension.
It’s been said that imitation is the highest form of flattery. And the Manhattan Chair has attracted its fair share of imitators. But, if you create something so unique, no knock-off can compete – the furniture is more a piece of original art than simply a chair.
Because of this relation of furniture to art, I have searched galleries around the world trying to find a design or shape that I could develop into the next Manhattan Lounge Chair. After two years, I am excited to say, I just might have succeeded! However, you and I will have to wait until 2010 to see if I have achieved this goal. 
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