Curves of motion

The concept here is to express the dynamic energy of stage performances and create an abstract object that captures the composition and flow that the stage genres work with. The motion of bending thin plywood is captured by joining together pairs of different strips of plywood and locking them together at a particular curvature.

Plywood featherweight

The object is unusually light for an award and almost feels like floating fabric in hand being made from 1.5 mm thin beech plywood. In principle it is very similar to my design of Chair 01 as it is designed by the flex energy of a bent piece of highly elastic material.

The design process

This is a type of object that I enjoy the most – it is designed using the material it is made of. The curves and overall silhouette were never sketched, instead they were created using paper and plywood. Over several iterations the overall looks was discovered and all the curvatures are just the product of fixing the flexible thin surfaces in repeating radial relationships. Interestingly it is also a design that produces no waste as all the rectangular components were produced by splitting a single standard plywood sheet.

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