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Sumparwood
Close view of broad Sumparwood bands against textured pale upholstery

Working Studies

Ideas
made visible.

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Full-scale studies exploring how material, form and construction can work together.

Form. Material. Possibility.

WS–01Completed Study

Split Spine

What can the back of a chair say?

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Rear view of the WS–01 Split Spine full-scale chair study
Rear view of the Sumparwood lounge chair with integrated upholstery

Design & Making / Lounge chair study

Your Design, Developed Together

Fabric, frame and form. One study opens a conversation about your own design.

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Warm-toned chair with broad banded side panels and pale cushions

Form notes / Chair study

Broad Bands, Quiet Frame

Line, space and the soft volume between them. A close reading of one chair.

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Form notes / Lounger

A Long Frame,
A Soft Surface

Full-length Sumparwood lounger in the exhibition setting, with pale upholstery and a warm material frame

Proportion, contrast and the space beneath the seat.

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Detail of a square tabletop border and the leg below

Form notes / Square table

A Square Top, an Open Base

The border, the corner and the space beneath a photographed table.

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Complete Sumparwood Sample Box

Material notes / Sample Box

Four Finishes, One Place to Begin

Physical references and the decisions behind a complete material study.

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Illustration of a wrapped round coffee table within a lined carton

Process notes / Coffee-table packaging

A Round Table, A Square Carton

The wrapped form, the lining and the space between them.

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An evolving practice

The next study begins with another clear question.

New studies will appear when the work reaches a coherent physical stage.