My design work varies from the poetic to the pragmatic. With self-initiated projects, I tend to design for the domestic sphere, at the scale of the individual, and often without a lot of technology. My academic projects involve greater ethnographic research and participatory methods and tend toward systems-, service-, and strategic-design. The images below represents the "making" aspect of my design practice, often in collaboration with Stephanie M. Tharp and our studio, materious.
The Quilt Bench was inspired by an heirloom quilt that did not fit our modern interior. It couldn't fulfill its historic and emotional functions stowed away in a trunk. The idea was to invite the blanket back into daily life, providing a place of distinction and protection. Using an existing product category—a bedroom bench—symbiotic aesthetic results as the heavy look of the quilt is tamed and the cold sterility of the bench is humanized.
QUILT BENCH
Heirloom blanket storage for the modern interior
Smoked glass, stainless steel base, TPE end caps
2008
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