Texture Study #1: Dishrack
Part of an ongoing study of performance-driven texture-based form, the dishrack’s form is a result of two design priorities:
1) ensuring that there are no flat or concave water-trapping surfaces
2) ensuring that every item in my kitchen would have a place
The dishrack was milled from a solid piece of mahogany and oiled for water resistance.
Texture Study #2: Record Holder
A slight, repeated bump is all that is necessary to hold and display anywhere from 1-50 records.
Texture Study #3: Coatrack
The third in a series of texture and performance driven projects, this coatrack came out of the question: how might a wall transform to support the functions of a coatrack? The ultimate form required a novel, experimental approach to CNC milling: In order to have the “hooks” of the coatrack turn upward (and so more effectively hold items) the coatrack needed to be milled on an angled surface. This required the design and custom milling of an “angled bed” that would sit on top the normal CNC bed, thereby enabling the bit of the CNC machine to carve out geometries that would otherwise be “undercut”.
