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Osier
Cassina Products
Project Goal
Osier project is a short-term (6 weeks) project that involves brand research, CMF research with sustainability in mind, and form development. The mission of the project is to bring personal inner peace into the urban lifestyle.
Target User
Katherine
Age: 28
Occupation: Artist/Creator
Katherine is a professional oil painter who lives in New York City that teaches students at her studio. She is very passionate about teaching and also enjoys reading during her spare time.
Problems
Spare time should be stressless, quiet, and relax, but not many products can create the right environment for the customer. Katherine often can't escape from the busy lifestyle she has been living in, therefore, she is looking for the perfect furniture to fulfill her needs.
Inspiration
Design of the flowing form of the nature
To provide long term comfort and a peaceful environment, in addition, isolation from the stressful world
Ideation
Decision Making
The scenario that has been put into the project is focusing on stress relief and relaxing experience, therefore, a floating platform makes more sense for further design
Finalizing Design
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Taking nature as an inspiration creating the flow form that looks like a piece of leaf.
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Adding an elevated base with a thin profile creates lightness feeling.
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To wrap up the design, applying natural material is essential
Materials Research
Main Materials
- Recycled high-density polyethylene (from grocery bags)
- Marble texture/pattern
- Natural banana fabric
- plywood
Plastic Marble
Known as HDPE, which is the material of grocery bags.
HDPE is a recyclable composite material, however, the recycling process is rather complex, and it is requiring quite a amount of time and labor to clean and collect, thus, only 1% of them are being recycled, and the rest go into landfill.
Banana Fabric
It is also known as Banana fiber; Banana silk; Musa fiber. It has high fabric breathability and low heat retention abilities. Banana fabric holds its form very nicely and reliably.
Plywood
Bent plywood is wildly used in the furniture industry. It gives a minimal/clean appearance.
Where is the destination?
Due to the limitation of the plastic bag recycling technology, plastic bags can not be recycled efficiently and effectively, therefore, the majority of plastic shopping bags are either landfilled or reused.
Amount of municipal solid waste covered in the United States in 2017, by material (in million tons).
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Banana is the biggest source of grocery store waste
There is an opportunity to turn the biggest food waste source into a soft and durable material.
Color Research
Contrast
Getting a closer look at the NYC architectures. I discovered that in some parts of the city, there is a combination of the building that is made of glass and brick, creating high contrast color palettes.
Winter NYC
The winter season reflects the interesting elements in the season, reveals the combination of warm and cool tone, which creates an interesting color palette
Insight
When the city is covered by the cloud, it flats out the color of the environment, revealing the raw color palette of the architecture.
Finalization
Satin Finish Shell
- Reduce the use of clear coat to reduce harmful impact to the environment.
- Using bent plywood as a spring.
Natural Dye
- Apply natural dye on the plywood to create a gloss finish and high contrast color with the banana fabric.
- Divided cushions for easy cleaning and washing.
Inspiration
- Osier is inspired by flowing elements that we can find in nature, providing relax/slow feeling
Organic
- Minimizing the angular elements and giving a soft and organic expression to the customers. Visually giving the users relax feeling.
Ergonomic
- Designed to spread the pressure evenly
- It forms around the human body to give the perfect fit
Measurement
Orthographic view
- Osier is sitting at a fairly low, 16inches, allowing the user to slide in the chair naturally. Staying close to the ground makes the user feel secured and safe.
Secondary Packaging Design
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