FABRIC
A SERIES OF FURNITURE CONCERNED WITH THE ANONYMOUS.
THE SHELVES LOOK MASSIVE, SHAPELESS AND COLOURLESS, AN EXPRESSION OF CONTEMPORARY MATERIAL CULTURE, ANONYMOUS BY VOLUME. THEY ARE REALIZED IN UPHOLSTERY, A FAMILIAR CRAFT BUT CHOOSE TO PART FROM CONVENTION AND ADAPT TO CONTEMPORARY NECESSITIES. HEAVY PANELS AND STUFFING ARE SKIPPED TO GAIN USE OF THE AVAILABLE SPACE AND MAKE THEM COLLAPSIBLE. THE SHAPES ARE SELF-REFERENTIAL, RELYING ON THE BALANCE OF THE COVER AND THE SCAFFOLDING: ONE ELEMENT WHICH WRAPS AND THE OTHER WHICH FILLS CREATE A COMPLEX SYSTEM THAT DICTATES THE SHAPE. THE FABRIC IS COMPOSED OF THREADS OF AN UNSPECIFIC, WIDE RANGE OF COLOURS AND TEXTURES RESULTING IN A MESMERIZING GREY.
AN INDIVIDUAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPED WITHIN AN ANONYMOUS MATERIAL CULTURE IT BECOMES VIBRANT AND REVEALS THE ANONYMOUS AS SKIN-DEEP.
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