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TAPER

TAPERの形はFRPのクラフト的な成型方法を試みる中で生まれた。

​素直に型から抜けるように裾へ向かって広がる外形、形が崩れないように立ち上がる縁、そして艶のある表面の仕上り。これらの要素は本来、他のプラスチック成型の際にも必要となるが、デザインの分野ではしばしば嫌煙され、無くしたり見せなくすることが多い。

クラフト的アプローチによってFRPという素材と向き合う中で、このような ”非デザイン的な形状” と工法の強い結びつきに魅力を感じ、意匠として昇華することを試みた。

The form of TAPER was born from experiments of handmolding FRP.

The basic form is tapered well and makes it easier to be released from the mold. The ribs are along the edge of TAPER and keep the body strong. The inside surface has texture of glass fiber in contrast with the outside one is mirrored.

These details make it easier to mold plastics. However, designers often avoid to adopt them in their works or hide them as possible as they can. Through the experiment of handmolding FRP, I got attracted in the correlation between this kind of "not designed" details and their functions. I tried to adopt the details as positive design.

materials : fiberglass, resin
size : W500, D540, H690
​year : 2023

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