Fall 2011: Furniture Design

I am really excited about being in this class because I find furniture mesmerizing. Furniture can be a focal point or a conversation piece in a room. This semester in this class we will be designing and fabricating a table made primarily of wood. We are supposed to find inspiration in a random object, analyze it and interpret it as a piece of furniture. My object is a Japanese Kadokeshi Plastic Eraser

The eraser has 28 corners and boast that the edges never round and stay sharp for precision erasing. I find it interesting because it is filled with opposites. 

• concave/convex
• positive/negative space
• round/sharp
• light/shadow 

I wasn't familiar with what the object was when I first saw it so I started thinking about how it has this intrigue about it; it looks to be this one thing but has a completely different function. I decided my concept would be illusions...

My inspiration board consisted of various types of illusions and the 1 common denominator I have found its the play of positive & negative space. I want to create a piece where the negative space is more interesting than the positive space... I've got my work cut out for me...

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