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Belt Furniture

DDAA Lab

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A furniture series that is fixed without using glue, other adhesives or nails, but only by lashing belts used for truck beds. - Kenta Hasegawa
These can be assembled without any special tools or skills. - Kenta Hasegawa
We can symbolically highlight the disassemble details that we have been experimenting with by using transparent materials to make all components except for the joints. - Kenta Hasegawa
A furniture series that is fixed without using glue, other adhesives or nails, but only by lashing belts used for truck beds. - Kenta Hasegawa

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Designer
Dimension
180cm x 90cm x H72 cm
Completion
2020
Material
Acrylic (Plexiglas),Lashing belt
DDAA Lab
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A furniture series that is fixed without using glue, other adhesives or nails, but only by lashing belts used for truck beds.

The fact that details are exposed means that they can be disassembled and the mechanism can be understood easily. Especially in the case of spatial design, you can make changes without breaking anything if the details are exposed. 

There are many wires and pipes running inside the building, including electricity, water and other sanitary equipment, air conditioners, ventilation fans, and fire-prevention equipment in the interior of a building. If you want to make a minimalist wall, you need to conceal wires and pipes inside the wall so that frayed edges do not show. It certainly looks more beautiful that way, but it would be more advantageous to make them visible to a certain degree for later maintenance and possible changes. 

So, I always try to design a state where exposed wires and pipes can be perceived in a positive way. In designing a dance studio, I came up with an idea of installing wires (which originally had to be concealed) behind glass so that they look like objects displayed in a showcase. 
Rather than frantically trying to conceal wires, it is more interesting to come up with a way to make exposed wires look good. By creating a state where "noises" are accepted without reservations, we can make positive impressions of changes and modifications that may occur after the completion. 

This project also made me realize that glass and plexiglass have an effect similar to the "white cube" effect that we experience in museums. To be a little more specific, we can symbolically highlight the disassemble details that we have been experimenting with by using transparent materials to make all components except for the joints.

The design of this furniture series is composed only of details, or the parts holding the boards together, without showing the boards that are usually the main feature of the design. "Kintsugi" exemplifies this idea, in which details have a great impact on the whole. It is a method of repairing chipped or broken tea bowls and vessels by gluing the pieces with lacquer and finishing with gold powder. Repairs of the cracks and joints themselves determine the overall impression of the vessel. 

Moreover, deficiencies and "noises" are accepted and transformed into something more positive. In addition, each piece has unique characteristics, because they originate from accidental cracks and chips. And if it breaks, you can repair it again and again, which makes you feel more attached to it. The idea of completion does not apply here, because a new design starts the moment it gets chipped or broken. It is an expression of love for joints, where details and concepts coincide. I would like to design a state in which the way the pieces are joined determines the overall design, like kintsugi.