My design work varies from the poetic to the pragmatic. With self-initiated projects, I tend to design for the domestic sphere, at the scale of the individual, and often without a lot of technology. My academic projects involve greater ethnographic research and participatory methods and tend toward systems-, service-, and strategic-design. The images below represents the "making" aspect of my design practice, often in collaboration with Stephanie M. Tharp and our studio, materious.
The Progeny coat rack is intended for both parent and child in hopes of enhancing the connection between them. The lower reach for children is respectful of their situation and also allows for emulation of parents. The form of the coat rack itself reflects the nature of the parent/child relationship as the child’s wooden uprights lean against, and are dependent upon, those of the parent.
PROGENY
Parent and child coat rack
Walnut wood, aluminum casting
2004
