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The Chess Set Project
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Students are required to choose a three-dimensional artist and replicate one of their creations for a chess set project throughout the semester, which will not only be a grade but also a major factor towards failing the course for those who don't complete it.

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A freshman art student tells the story of his excitement and trepidation when he learns about a legendary assignment from his upperclassman.
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Art
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A freshman art student tells the story of his excitement and trepidation when he learns about a legendary assignment from his upperclassman.

Chapter
The Chess Set Project
Episode
#301: Joe Gebbia – Co-Founder of Airbnb
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
The chess set project is a semester-long project outside of the classroom where art students choose a three-dimensional artist and replicate one of their creations eight times in the format of a chess set.
1:00:57 - 1:02:57 (02:00)
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Chess Set Project
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The chess set project is a semester-long project outside of the classroom where art students choose a three-dimensional artist and replicate one of their creations eight times in the format of a chess set.

Chapter
The Chess Set Project
Episode
#301: Joe Gebbia – Co-Founder of Airbnb
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
The speaker contacts the designer Garrett Rietveld to make full-size functional chairs, and aims to prove him wrong.
1:02:57 - 1:04:40 (01:43)
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Furniture Design
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The speaker contacts the designer Garrett Rietveld to make full-size functional chairs, and aims to prove him wrong.

Chapter
The Chess Set Project
Episode
#301: Joe Gebbia – Co-Founder of Airbnb
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show
A student describes how she learned furniture making at school by seeking guidance from upperclassmen in the furniture department and slowly figuring out how to use power tools.
1:04:40 - 1:06:50 (02:10)
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Furniture Making
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A student describes how she learned furniture making at school by seeking guidance from upperclassmen in the furniture department and slowly figuring out how to use power tools.

Chapter
The Chess Set Project
Episode
#301: Joe Gebbia – Co-Founder of Airbnb
Podcast
The Tim Ferriss Show