A TV, books, an ashtray. Maybe a pack of cigarettes, a notebook, a bookcase. What about a transistor radio?
Frank Strunk III just finished a major metal installation at a bank in downtown Tampa. Strunk has made a name for himself as a metalworker, his signature industrial design appearing in financial centers, bars and houses, not to mention the runway, where it’s adorned (quite scantily) the bodies of male and female models. Now, he says, he wants to do something a little more organic, a little softer, more forgiving. For Roundhouse's Four Corners installation show (opening Jan. 23), he’s decided to create a living room—entirely out of wood.
This article appears in Jan 13-19, 2010.