Furniture Design

Over time, I have occasionally developed furniture design projects, both as a design consultant and for independent projects.

Cellular Furniture

Concepts for cellular patterned furniture pieces, intended to be cut from wood or metal sheet and assembled/bent into shape. Based on algorithmic cellular patterns used for other jewelry and art projects.

Spot Chair

Design concept for a stacking bent plywood cellular chair design. Cell pattern mimics animal patterns, like giraffe spots. Each chair’s profile is randomized to resemble individual pelts with organic variance.

Sleeve Chair

Working for Scott Klinker Designs, I helped in the design development of this two-piece chair. The design utilized a one-piece felt sleeve heat-shrinked around a one-piece steel frame, made to be easily recycled. I worked on the CAD modeling, aesthetics, and prototyping.

Biographical Sustenence

A collaborative project with architect Jared Dickey, this was a graduate school project investigating sustainability and product evolution over ones’ lifetime.

“Breaking from the linear digression of consumption and disposal, this furniture parallels the user’s dissolution and regeneration of identity, preserving a biographical artifact that conserves material and transforms function throughout the life of the user.

Culturally, we are losing consciousness of the past and future amidst a constant stream of new-and-improved aimed at replacing the past with unfulfilled promise.  Rather than discarding obsolete items, the material that might be lost is here reprocessed to form new objects.  This furniture illustrates a shared history while accommodating the user’s evolving needs, reflecting their identity by maintaining familiar elements throughout the stages of life. 

For example, the tray of a high chair becomes the backrest of a task chair, then the panels of a shelving unit, and finally the foot panel of a coffin.  Simultaneously, salvaged material is being added: the clothing from the previous phase of life is shredded and compressed into new components, adding sentimental preciousness by association, a shared biography between user and object.  As you choose your products to reflect your personality, these products reflect back your history, bringing awareness to changes over time, mirroring your life cycle and eventual mortality.”