Skram

Have I told you lately how cool my brother is (well, "brothers are," but you'll have to wait a while before you get the Ben profile). My youngest is Jacob -- or, a nice professional grown-up sounding "Jacob" to the rest of you; I get to take advantage of the grandfather clause and he'll always be "AJ" to me. He designs and builds his furnitere line at http://www.skramfurniture.com/; beautiful striking pieces. He's been getting some nice press recently; most recently a snippet in the London Financial Times. A nice picture overview of his stuff on a single page (on his site you can view by type and collection) is here.

Above are some gorgeous vases, below is...actually, I will let you look first and try to see it. Maybe it's just me, but when I see this photo it takes a few seconds for my brain to re-arrange appropriately so I can see what I'm looking at.

An optical illusion chair. Again, maybe just for me. I guess it takes a little time for my head to get out of straight lines and into an artier space.

And this credenza...that wood. I just want to pet it.

You're pretty awesome, my brother(s).