Mouldable structures for interior design objects
2007
EXPERIMENTAL TEXTILES & LAYERED STRUCTURES
coloured copper
manipulated leather
Exhibited at Spai-lab platform for the promotion of young designers, Barcelona, 2007.
Building on the material exploration carried out for the project Mutant Surfaces, Raw Dust sets out to develop adaptable textile-inspired materials for interior design objects.
Four flexible and mouldable structures were created by combining the malleability of copper and the elasticity and resilience of leather. I treated copper chemically, in order to obtain colour effects on its surface; and embossed it to obtain relief textures. I manipulated leather to form ribbons and combined these with the treated copper, providing flexibility and a feeling of warmth to the resulting structures.
The structures were then employed in the construction of four prototypes for interior design applications: three container modules and one mouldable lampshade. The container modules are suitable for space organisation, they have a conic shape and can be attached to each other through metallic snaps. The ceiling lampshade can be moulded into different shapes to obtain variations in the quality of the light projected into the environment.
Objects
Container modules & mouldable lampshade
Structures
Sketching
CREDITS
Concept & excecution: Ana Piñeyro
Photography: Gonzalo Armas
FUNDING
ESDi School of Design