THE MAKER’S BENCH

Product Design & Prototype

How can consumers be brought into the fabrication process?

The Maker’s Bench invites users to partake of the making of their furniture, creating a way to customize and transform space. Mechanical fasteners are used only to secure the main box, which features uniform holes across its surfaces. Every other attachment includes an end peg that can fit into any hole, thus creating an unknown amount of possible configurations. Pieces are measured to create a comfortable two-person bench or a coffee table, with other possibilities left up to the user. When packed away, the pieces can nest within the box to create optimal storage. Craft is heavily considered, to present cohesion and a finished appearance while remaining infinitely incomplete. 

Is portable. 

Is a kit of parts. 

Has an impermanent form. 

Can be broken down to fit into a box. 

Invites users to determine its purpose. 

Is differentiated from an unfinished product by its craft. 

Is CNC cut from one 4’ x 8’ plywood board.

Embraces the wooden ¾” board width as an essential design component. 

Has an unknown number of configurations that must follow an established set of rules. 

Has voids that can all be functional with attachments that serve multiple purposes. 

Can accommodate multiple people, one person, or objects, and can communicate this function if desired. 

Considers the human body while maintaining a rectilinear and modular shape. 

Is made by Olivia Roginson