Nest

A low chair with orange cushions and a wooden base

Project Overview

Nest was a part of an exploration into modular furniture for the home. It is designed with comfort in mind and features overstuffed pillows. The piece itself can be set in a variety of ways and also has a low coffee table and ottoman.

Uses & Collection

Sketches & Mock-Ups

Making It Look Good

Arrangements

The piece was designed to be reconfigurable as well as deep enough to curl up on. The base is the same throughout left, right and middle chairs as well as the ottoman.

The goal was really to give the person who bought the piece enough flexibility to make the piece what they wanted.

Mujo

Nest was a part of a larger collection called Mujo. Mujo was developed as a new idea on the furniture of the home. A collection that creates the intimate spaces that make up the background to your life. It’s there to foster and create those special, everyday moments that only home can bring us. By utilizing comfort and tactility, the pieces create a space that everyone wants to gather around. 

A room populated with the Mujo collection: a bookshelf, chairs, coffee tables, cabinets, and lights

Sketch of stick figures in different seating positions

Sketches

Postures

The idea of the modular chair came from watching my father use two chairs in the backyard pushing them together to make a seating platform. 

I explored a variety of casual seating positions as a way to inform the form language. I wanted a modular system that would cater to a variety of individuals and their unique forms of relaxing. 

Cushions

I started by drawing out the overall shilouette of the chair. The goal was to make something that felt relaxed, comfortable, and inviting while remaining tactile.

Tactility was one of the drivers of this project. I wanted all materials and finishes to be warm and inviting. The warmth of the pieces would then promote people coming and sitting on the couch together and finding new ways to utilize their space.

Two pairs of chairs, one with them separated and the other with them pushed together to make a unified platform
Exploration of different cushion silhouettes

Chair Base

Once I had the silhouette of the chair figured out, I moved onto the base. The decision was made to find something that felt equally as informal and playful as the cushions above. Many of the sketches done had similar qualities. I referenced both Scandinavian and Japanese design to inform my choices.

Exploration of different chair bases

Scale Drawings

Once the design of the chair was close to being finalized, I moved into large scale drawing. Working through many large iterations, I found the final proportions of the seating element by having multiple individuals come and try my makeshift chair which was made from a low stool and a series of books.

A person sits in front of a scale drawing taped to a wall.

Finalizing the Design

From the earlier sketches, I put my cushion shape into Modo and started working on the base. I quickly iterated by using simple shapes and further refined the base by tweaking proportion and reanalyzing historical references.

Chair with a platform base. Legs put more towards the center of the chair
More refined legs that features a fine platform
A chair with a wide u shaped leg
Chair base features very thick legs on a wooden base

Renderings

Renderings were used throughout the process to refine and imagine the final product as well as to solidify scale. I learned how to effectively capture light as well as how to stage a product.

My goal for these renders were to try and get an image that looked as close to believable as I could. Throughout my projects, all renders were completed in Modo.

A studio image of the chairs. The upholstery features a warm sienna and a light pink
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