friendship of some sort, hopefully one that's been around for a while and has some depth to it (we can hash out details together) depending on how long he's been in portland, but seeing as he's an industrial designer and chris has a glassworks company, i thought there could be some initial business reason for them to have met. the commercial/industrial side of the glassworks created various types of counter tops/work surfaces as well as light fixtures and sink basins. he works with a lot of local (and some not so local) interior designers to provide custom pieces for their projects, etc. the other side of his business is his artistic pursuits (hot glass sculpting) but the former finances the latter.
mostly, i'd like for him to have a close friend near his age and if they occasionally work together in some fashion, even better.