Where's Tim the Toolman When You Need Him.

An interesting/busy couple of days.  My side work lately had become complicated due to lack of desk.  The other day after work, filled with vigor, I found this wall mounted shelf/table in a discarded pile that I planned on putting in the niche by my bed.  Fast forward a half hour and the scene was grizzly- drywall a mess, books everywhere, and both the temperature and frustration boiling.  Just before I almost gave up on the thing, my sister came to the rescue, and with logical thinking solved everything.  Now I've got a lovely workspace where I can work whenever, on whatever.
Including- designed my invoices!  Personal milestone.  Question is, do most people who freelance just use their name, or do they have some kind of company name?  Also, what are the benefits of having a "company"?  If I wanted to get something for my computer to help with freelancing, a. Could I write part of it off for taxes? b. Do I have to have a company name to do that?  I hung out in Barnes & Noble last night (air conditioning) and picked up this book that should answer those questions... I hope. 
Also in the works, potential hosting site change, updating portfolio, yadda yadda.
My brain is sizzling, so lastly, here's the link to the Architizer page for the flyNY project I worked on (graphics).  Kite design competition, this August!

Silver Fox

This weekend I escaped from New York and went north.  Stopping by Bard College, we checked out the Richard B. Fischer Center for the Performing Arts.  By guess who?
This is the first of such Gehry that I've seen up close.  Very exciting, particularly the way that the blue sky reflected/became part of the skin itself.  Naturally I was intrigued by several things:
1. How was this project drawn? How did they know exactly how many rivet holes were needed?  The angle of each cut?
2. Is it true that snow falls on people in the entrance during winter months?
3. Has anyone ever climbed up the inner structure?  If so, how far up did they get?  Can you slide down oncee you're up there? Maybe some sledding?
Further examination left me feeling pleased and amused.  What is essentially one giant concept model creates a dynamic dialogue between what happens when the layers overlap.  Sometimes glass, sometimes nothing.  What dictates where and what occurs... guess that part's up to the architect.  Sometimes reactions like that can feel somewhat arbitrary, but in this case, it felt as if organically placed.

In other news, I got a raise!
I still have some posts brewing, as soon as I have some time.  I'm also freelancing for an interior designer, which is taking more time than I had thought.  But it's interesting, so I'm content/motivated.
Adios!

Hey, Instant Console

New things I like about my home (1) books arranged by color. I found that glass skull in my hallway. It's from Skull Vodka, and coincidentally, someone who did a home tour in NY Mag's design issue had one too. Only they used theirs for olive oil, and mine has sand in it from beaches where I backpacked (2) turning my bookshelf on its side - I also mixed that turquoise paint color myself, and that lamp used to be a floor lamp (3) chilly morning light/waking up to a giant ladder in living room.