2009-04-07T23:00:00.000-07:00

Position Paper Outline

Introduction:

Thesis: Functional objects with a heavy concentration on a full sensory experience with a shift of aesthetics away from traditional rectilinear design to a more free forming, naturally growing composition/ Furniture as Landscape

> Bending the idea of functionality
> Creation of a true cohesive environment
> Objects with a function

Body:

Sensory Influences:

Color:
> No color used/relation to most current work
>Only black, white, and shades of gray/ reason
> Concentration on other senses
> Gradation- influence on structure

Texture:
> Focus on fabric
> Layering of different densities/thickness
> Heavy concentration on touch

Form:
> Repetition of simple shape
> Organic curves/rectilinear form
>Blending of
>New ways of interacting with traditional furniture
>Therapeutic qualities of organic design

Furniture as landscape:
> Literal base
> Metaphorical base
> Research on compositions/techniques
> Reference to Japanese architecture/landscape design

Functionality:
> Expanding Definition of this subject/ freedom without limitation
> Inverted construction techniques

Influences/Research on:
> Artists
> Joris Laarman- furniture design
> Marcel Wanders- furniture design
>How they have affected my work

> Fashion Influences
> Hussein Chalayan
> Rowan Mersh (Sculpture as Fashion/Future Landscapes)
> How fashion influences furniture design
>Why they influence me

Conclusion:

> Sensory Perception/Emotional Comfort
> Direction in which I see my work continuing
> How my work relates to the complexities of our bodies/minds and how we relate to physical comfort

From the Designs of Joseph Pilmer