The Sedera Series
After Two years of lockdown due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, people had had enough of being stationary. This final year furniture design project started out with interaction at the forefront of my brief as there had been so little of it between us all in the last two years. As it progressed I looked at social spaces and where people interact with others the most, one being in University. I took inspiration from my college surroundings and skate boarding was the most prevalent theme I wanted to incorporate into my designs. After copious amounts of sketching, I finalised two bench designs. Each representing both sides of the Pandemic, Stationary when in lockdown and Interactive when lockdown finally ended. But also both sides of the design market, with one bench being modular and the other more for craftmanship. Keeping the skateboarding theme at mind, I designed my first bench in birch ply wood with the multiple layers of the plywood exposed to represent how a skate board is manufactured. The other bench, took inspiration directly from the skate board also, with two board seats that you can roll along the tubular steel base. The aim was to be able to interact with the bench while you were waiting for your next lecture or taking a coffee break. With public seating, often there is not much imagination. I wanted to approach the design of public spaces in a more playful way and the moving seats on the second bench will definitely bring out your inner child. With both benches being looked at you have a more streamlined design with bench 1 and an interactive project with bench 2. The benches give the user a chance to stop and reconnect, with themselves or others.
My furniture design project started out with interaction at the forefront of my brief as there had been so little of it between us all in the last two years due to the pandemic. As it progressed I looked at social spaces and where people interact with others the most, one being in University. I took inspiration from my college surroundings and skate boarding was the most prevalent theme I wanted to incorporate into my designs. I finalised two bench designs. Each representing both sides of the Pandemic, Stationary when in lockdown and Interactive when lockdown ended. But also both sides of the design market, with one bench being modular and the other more for craftmanship.
