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Paradisi Curve has a double concave carbon fibre composite seat. Designed on CAD software, every minute detail of every angle, chamfer & radius was obsessively perfected in 3D space. Every carbon fibre layer was laid by hand meticulously to ensure the weave is perfect and the result flawless. Each metal piece was painstakingly machined on a CNC milling machine. All finished off with a beautifully-crafted course-grained leather cushion. Each chair is unique and numbered.
Continue readingThe traditional open storage closet was for showing books and pottery. By adding strings and sewing marks, the image of a traditional open storage closet was changed to more feminine one. The furniture silhouette can be changed naturally by binding method of strings. The top wood panel of the furniture and the lowest panel is drilled to make many small holes vertically, and connected with many flexible strings to look like a string curtain. The details of the point on which wood panels is connected with strings is made to look like sewing.
Continue readingThe Minimal Bookshelf is a simple storage solution that incorporates the books it holds in its design and construction. The bookshelf features grooves cut into both ends of a shelf, which the user can slot books into to serve as bookends. If your book collection is too large to fit on one shelf, a second or third can be added, with the bookends doubling as pillars to support the shelves stacked on top.
Continue readingReflections is from the design collection called Textures which was inspired by the landscapes of South America. The yarns were hand spun and designed to create a three dimensional texture on a flat woven surface. The contrasts of the tight loops combined with the hanging yarns created the unique pattern of the hand knotted silk rug.The surface echoes the boldness of the blue mountains and warm golden sunsets.
Continue readingThis piece was born from the idea of incorporate pre hispanic iconography to a credenza, in this case, Mayan iconography. "Bats'I Luch" means; The basic, genuine brocade. The aim of Bats'i Luch, is to combine aesthetics with functionality, creating an object that is part of the space, an ornament that has one or more functions as it is this credenza, which has compartments for storing properly and comfortably, any electronic device that the user needs. One of the directives of Eidetica is to incorporate part of the culture and folklore of Mexico in the pieces they design.
Continue readingThe Stratum chair was born out of a desire to create a chair that expresses its materiality in a very organic fashion, while taking advantage of advanced CNC milling and fabrication technologies. Comprising of two interlocking parts, the chair can fold and reduce its overall volume by half. Sharp sinuous lines run along the edges and highlight the its functional features. The flowing striated pattern is revealed by carving strategically designed local and global geometries into laminated plywood. Terminating the chair at the ground with three legs creates a sense of delicate balance.
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