Thank you for bearing with the long hiatus here at Pleatfarm! I’ve just received an email from Dutch designer, Sophie de Vocht about her gorgeous Wallfurniture which deserves some props for its concept and execution. The suspended textile screen uses the technique of a garland that can be bunched up or pulled out to create a physical separation. With its translucency and the tactility of the screen, Wallfurniture engages the users to ‘carve’ their spaces without promoting detachment – certainly a desirable alternative to the harsh, opaque partitions of a typical workspace.
Much thanks to Sophie for the images!
In Sophie’s word:
With this wall you can create a separation out of “nothing” and on different places. By using the technique of a garland, but also light and thin material, you can push the wall together into a compact bundle and create a significant wall by pulling it out.
The wall can be pulled out or pushed up by hand and on different places. This creates a sort of wave of open and closed sections. Everybody can create their own workspace and the workspace is never the same.
Because the wall is hanging permanently in the room and is operated manually it is very easy and intuitive to create a separation. By using colour and soft materials tactility is also brought into the office. This makes the perception of the office more pleasant and exiting.
The openness of the wall show that there is not much needed for a separation and the sense of privacy.
Wallfurniture is nominated for the Brainsaward 2010, a prize of brainport Eindhoven. Voting is possible until the 15th of november here.
For more info on Sophie, check out her website: Sophie de Vocht
