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D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 4 4.85
Q When you hear, uh, Mitchell's story, and, I mean, and you know it well, about, you know, sort of his childhood and, and teenage years and, you know, kind of struggling with his identity, does that resonate with you? What was your experience like?
A You know what, when, when he sits there and, and talks about, you know, being in tears at night, I remember the same thing. Later on in junior high and high school, you know, laying in bed and just like, why am I like this? Why am I different? And this was in the mid seventies, late seventies, when I was in high school. And, um, I remember after graduating high school and going off to college, basically having a nervous breakdown. And, um, Being hospitalized for a week because of the stress of all this, and, and that was tough, but that was also a time when I looked at my life and it's like, all right, I need to make some changes, and that's when I started looking for schools that were primarily design schools. Started looking in New York, and at the time there was Parsons and Pratt, and, um, did interviews, did pretty well, got accepted to the schools I wanted to, and of course, you know, Really wanting to be successful. The only thing I could think of was Madison Avenue is in New York. Parsons is the closest to Madison Avenue, so let's go to school there.
AI assessment note: “when he sits there and, and talks about, you know, being in tears at night, I remember the same thing”
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D 5 · C 5 · P 5 · Cm 4 4.85
Q So, okay, so both of you guys are living and, and working in New York, and, and I guess around 1987, the two of you meet for the first time. Um, Bob, how did, how did that happen? How did, how did you two meet?
A Well, it's funny, because that night, I, it was a Friday night, I had, um, gone to the movies with a friend, and, um, at the end of the evening, he said, oh, let's go out for drinks, and we go to Uncle Charlie's, which was on Seventh Avenue, and needless to say, as soon as we walk in the door, the friend that I go with disappears. I don't see him ever again. So I'm kind of standing there in the bar by myself, and then this guy came up next to me and started talking to me, and And, um, he was really nice, and we chit-chatted for a few minutes, and, um, Mitchell and I just kind of hit it off, and I think that was on a Friday night, and, um, we went out on a Saturday night, and then Sunday was Gay Pride, and I was meeting some friends of mine to watch the parade, and, um, Mitchell met up with us, and that's how, um, that, that was our first weekend together.
AI assessment note: “we go to Uncle Charlie's... this guy came up next to me and started talking”
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D 5 · C 5 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.60
Q You were business partners, um, but also lived together, were in a relationship. How did that work? How did you make that work? I mean, was there, was there any conflict or tension between the two of you?
A Oh no, Mitch was on the road all the time, so it was great. No, it, it was, it, you know what, it, it was a lot of fun. Then it got to a point where he was working with, with the sales people in the factory, and I'm working with product development, and, and my team, and all that stuff, and the only time we'd really get a chance to, to talk to each other during the day was in the car, going to dinner, and at dinner, and I remember at some point, we decided to, That if one of us did not want to talk about work, the other one had to be polite and realize the other person needed a break.
AI assessment note: “if one of us did not want to talk about work, the other one”
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D 4 · C 4 · P 4 · Cm 4 4.00
Q How did, how did you do that, Bob? I mean, you were not a trained, you went to Parsons, and so presumably you took some classes, but you were an ad designer, you were a graphic designer. How did you kind of make that Transition to becoming a furniture designer.
A Well, you know what? It was tricky and tough at first, because you're right. I was a graphic designer. I was used to designing on paper, you know, catalogs and ads, and now I'm dealing with this three D object. And one of the things I realized early on was that a chair actually, you know, will float in the middle of the room. So people see it not only from the front and the side, but also from the back. It actually is a sculpture that people sit on. So, you know, you start looking at it from a couple of different points of view, and, and trust me, there's been a lot of chairs that have been dogs, and every so often you get one that's a winner.
AI assessment note: “I was used to designing on paper... and now I'm dealing with this three D object.”
