MARSHMALLOWS by Kei Harada/DO.DO.
Sofa
MARSHMALLOWS | Kei Harada/DO.DO. | photography : Kazutaka Fujimoto
DESIGN NOTE
A design appealing to people's feelings
Friendly form that people want to come
photography : Kazutaka Fujimoto
words : Reiji Yamakura/IDREIT
Started with a simple question "What is the ideal shape that people want to come and touch?", the sofa was created. The design was developed from the perspective of being able to appeal to people's feelings.
The designer Harada repeated making prototypes with clay and eventually came up with a shape that looked like connected marshmallows.
It was quite a different design process for him, as he preferred a simple design and minimalist style. He said he felt a great response when he saw people sitting on the sofas at the Tokyo Designers Week exhibition.
DETAIL
The connected marshmallows like shape was created through the clay prototyping.
Clay-made-prototypes. The designer Harada said that the design process searching for ideal form that appeals people’s feelings was really different from his usual approach.
CREDIT + INFO
Name: MARSHMALLOWS
Design: Kei Harada/DO.DO.
Manufacture: Shimizu Kougei
Date: 2012
Material: steal frame + urethane cushion + stretch fabrics
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