About the project
As an interior designer, my practice focuses on everyday spaces and exploring different ways to inhabit them. I am particularly interested in questioning the interactions between users and objects. My goal is to create playful designs that engage the user in both the design process and everyday use, fostering a lasting user/object relationship.
Blow Up arose from observing a lack of freedom and flexibility in the studio apartments of student residences. Having lived in one for more than three years, I watched as my room transformed from a large desk for studying into a living room for receiving guests or a dining room for special occasions.
This proposal seeks to adapt small multifunctional spaces to the needs of their inhabitants by allowing them to continuously shape their environment. It takes the form of a furniture kit, made from plywood panels and 3D printed junctions. Without screws or glue, the modules can be easily manually assembled/disassembled and hung on the wall. When not in use, the functional objects become graphic ornaments. Using digital tools during the design process was a way to continuously evolve and adapt the shape to each space’s specificities, but it also made the idea easy to replicate.
