Story Time

Several years ago, back when I still lived in Minneapolis, I used to frequent a thrift store downtown that was a great source of both objects and stories. There was always some sort of fracas going on in or around the store. Aside from those fun (and sometimes harried) memories, one more thing about this store particularly stands out to me: the chair in their shoe department. It was marked with the dreaded "NFS" scrawled indecorously across its wooden back, and no matter how hard I tried I couldn't get them to part with it. Even though I wasn't aware of it then, I now know this is an important design by the Danish designer Ib Kofod-Larsen. I'm still looking for another of his chairs in the thrift stores I visit. Until that happens, I'll just have to be happy to continue researching his great designs so I know what else I need to be looking for. Happy hunting!