Forgiving Mr. Nelson.

As a child I had a real problem with George Nelson. Mr. Nelson's famous bench was the bane of my young existence. My ever-fashionable parents used ours, as many people still do, as a coffee table. Have you ever tried drawing with your Crayola Crayons on this ridiculous slated bench? It's a childhood nightmare that has indelibly scarred me. I now require (and sometimes just outright demand) only the smoothest of surfaces for any kind of artistic endeavor.

However, later in life, I fell for Mr. Nelson in a big way. I realized (duh) he's done some pretty great design work. I even like his stupid bench now. And recently, at the ATSF Smallest Coolest Contest party at DWR, I swooned over this large format, black & white print of George Nelson and his sad looking little dog. He looks so dashing and cavalier in his convertible, and yet very nice, and normal. Not a mean, menacing furniture man, after all. So, I forgive you Mr. Nelson. For more of Mr. Nelson's work, visit DWR.