I’d love to build a house on a sunny island and get some items newly developed for that from scratch.
Than I’d take a long breath and start to create two brands:
One for decorative household items and furniture, - with a sci-fi twist to it.
One for down to earth functional gear that improves life in emerging countries.
I’d have a restomod of a classical Alfa Romeo going,- much in line with the Singer Porsche.
As you see my girls might be lucky I didn’t make a million yet, because that plan would hinder
me from seing them even more than the making of the first million.
As a designer , I am for “experience & creation” combined.
I wish for that M thing, which is missing from my portfolio.
Otherwise…
I am fascinated with this sport, do I have that “thing” what it takes ?
Yes on the residential architecture. I am annoyed that house construction is 98% custom built on site. The inordinate high cost and gross wastage is a crime. Unfortunately it seems that all attempts at mass produced personal home construction are either ignored or are failures. I think the current fad of shipping container repurposing is an interesting but comical half-assed implementation of a solution. Such a project will take big $$$ as centuries of tribal attitudes and construction professions will require redirection.
Packaged power. All consumer electronic devices are regulated by battery and display technology. I foresee a world where there is no packaged power, our devices have no batteries, as distributed power becomes ubiquitous. Your device wirelessly draws power from walls, tabletops, shirts, jackets, sidewalks, benches, etc. as the walls, tabletops, etc., are making the power. True power ubiquitousness. I will trademark that, PU™ or UP™.
Evil minded:
Sue Apple repeatedly and continuously for design egregiousness claiming ownership of everything starting with the Platonic solids. While I’m at it spending alesmes88’s $$$ I’d also sue Google repeatedly and continuously for frivolous patents, specifically I’d file a patent contention for all 180,000 patents they own.
I would really like to make a home out of trash some day. I think it’s just great that you can make something worth A LOT out of something that’s worth NOTHING.
Oh man! You went to the Fatic bike building class? How did you like it?
To answer the question, if money was no object I would just make things, lots of things. Anything from modern furniture (instead of movie theater furniture and arena seating like I do now) to bikes (I’ve been thinking of the Fatic school or the Yamaguchi school), to footwear/softgoods.
I loved it, I highly recommend Doug’s class. He’s very thorough and a perfectionist - so, a good guy to learn from. Building a frame was a lot harder than I anticipated, and the class was stressful at times, but well worth it. Message me if you’d like, I’d be happy to elaborate or answer questions.
Watching a master frame builder at work is an amazing thing to see. Here in Minneapolis we’re blessed to have several legendary builders doing everything from purpose built utility rigs to race bikes to touring and even some custom carbon fiber. If you ever see a custom builder, ask or a shop tour. It’s quite an education.
While it’s pretty much identical to Gasflux, the brand is actually Cycle Design
It’s a little bit nicer - it dries quickly at the start of the braze (which leads to less flow and loss of flux).
I totally agree! Watching Doug Fattic braze is almost like magic. Here in Chicago I’m lucky to share a bike building studio with Levi Borrenson and Michael Catano
I’d love to go visit other masters in other states. I’ll have to swing by Minneapolis!
There’s many more, and a culture and industry to back it all. It’s amazing here…
Back on topic:
I’d be a frame builder, for sure.
Or own a coffee shop. I don’t know why that’s always been a dream of mine. It just seems like fun to me.
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