Dared to create art on art, local Austin artists and designers turned the smooth, white surface of an Eames molded plastic chair into the medium for their expression. Some turned to Mondrian for inspiration and others to a hammer and nails. The Good Design Challenge was held in conjunction with a recent Herman Miller exhibit at the Austin Museum of Art.

This isn’t the first time an Eames chair has become a canvas.

Get a taste for Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller with this video from the Austin Museum of Art, the most recent host of the traveling exhibit.

Good Design showcases artifacts, drawing and prototypes curated from over 100 years of design innovation. You’ll have chance to see work from such renowned designers as Gilbert Rohde, Ray & Charles Eames, George Nelson, Alexander Girard, Robert Propst, Steve Frykholm, Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick, and others.

If you’re in the Austin, Texas area, stop by the Austin Museum of Art—but you’d better hurry, the exhibit ends September 11, 2011.