Nest
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
