Biography
Zack turned to me as we watched a worker unload sheet after sheet of cardboard from the Ikea truck. He rubbed his hands, wondering aloud: “How many layers do you think I need for a seat?” “Dunno. Why don’t you just try it?” I respond. “Four?”
“Maybe.”
Zack was always the kind of person who just tried things. Back in his high school years, he rigged an aerosol can and a match into a flamethrower. There’s a video of it on Youtube. During one snowy evening, he cooked a dinner without using a spatula, because he wondered if he could. While others were finishing their desserts, he dripped a Monet onto his napkin with candle wax.
One doesn’t often see an Ikea truck with piles of cardboard but no furniture. But then again, Zack would rather make his own. For weeks, he had been talking to me about cardboard furniture. “Do it right,” he said as he showed me his chair designs, “and you could make cheap, environmentally friendly furniture!” His designs always questioned cultural norms, though not to break them. He just forgets them easily. These designs were no different – the chairs had triangular backs and seats. “For structural integrity,” he claims.
“Nah, actually I just wanted a triangular chair.”
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