FOCUS:
FURNITURE DESIGN AND MAKING
DURATION:
18 WEEKS SOLO
YEAR:
2025
Sköna
About.
A chair inspired by the Danish Modern design movement, thoughtfully imagined and meticulously crafted with the values of functionality and simplicity. This chair explores the harmony between form and purpose, embracing the understated elegance that defines Scandinavian design.
This project explores trend analysis, brand development, ideation, and furniture manufacturing by hand and CNC.
Danish Modern Inspiration.
Defining key characteristics of the design movement that shaped the project.
World Mapping.
Exploring various aesthetic directions and "worlds" for the chair to live in by investigating context, structure, and feelings invoked.
Hygge
Elemental
Sculptural
"Design and craft a chair that explores how sculptural elements can coexist within functionality and simplicity."
Design Intent.
"Design and craft a chair that explores how sculptural elements can coexist within functionality and simplicity."
Ideation Sketching.
Developing the shape and form of the chair.
Form Development.
Developing the scale, form, and function of the chair.
Version I.
Version II.
Version III, Final Form.
Building Process.
Developing the final chair with machinery, hand tools, and CNC milling.
Final Look.
Look Book.
Take a look at the brand, ethos, and integrity created and captured in the making of this chair. My visionary brand “Tavola” explores how “Sköna” could live within that brand, as the design, vision, and curation that transpired in the process.
