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ECOFAB FURNITURE DESIGN FROM SALVAGE + WASTE
FALL 2020 INTRUCTOR : JULEE HERDT
“EcoFab is a green-build course in which students create beautiful eco-furniture, architecture elements, clothing, a product prototype, and other unique functional art item(s) of their own design. Salvage, recycled and found objects, material scraps and surplus, bits and pieces, vintage refuse, the most humble, the abandoned and derelict, the unwanted objects that people throw away, are carefully studied as sources for inspiration to create most beautiful new designs”.
The materials used were forgotten. They were found in dumpsters and 5 dollar scrap piles, places where they are thought to be relatively unusable. The steel had rugged irregular edges, the wood was chipped and split. These material “flaws” were embraced during the design process. The final design looks have if the materials have fallen into balance.
Learning to embrace the material “flaws” through iterations.
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