30mm Pine Corner Moulding

Exhibited at Availability - 2022

Timber mouldings are used to decorate other forms, hardly used to create form themselves. They come in different kinds of profiles which are efficiently carved-out through a machining process. A right-angled profile was chosen to enable part nestings. Simple parts were created from standardised section lengths which were fabricated by the timber supplier. These parts were programmed into a discrete design algorithm used to design a chair that creates visual interest from assembled complexity. The resultant chair possesses a form that is uniquely digital in nature. The layers of intertwined rectilinear moulding creates a chair with a voxelised aesthetic unique to its constituent parts. Conceived using highly digital means, assembled in a low tech way, from standardised materials. A future of making is presented which utilises existing efficient timber manufacturing techniques and uses design computation to augment the outcome.

Photography by Mitchell Ransome, and Jana Langhorst