'beyond function'
first stage


'beyond function' by israeli product designer hila shilon are a series of chair designs
that aim to put focus on the normally unnoticed parts of everyday objects. using
a screw thread as her main design instrument, the project consists of three chairs, each
in a different stage. it's purpose was to test the boundaries between order and chaos,
function and aesthetics, the predicted and the strange. in the third stage, the screw
thread becomes the chair and the wood is the one that connects them all together.



first stage
detail


'I used the reinforcement and securing instruments as a metaphor of the working class
outskirts of society, those who do all the hard labor. I imagine them breaking out in a rage
of violence, demanding what they deserve. in accordance, the screw thread grows and takes
over the chair. the screw's shape is formed through its rebellion and its powerful demand
for existence and recognition in the world. as an act of outburst and rage it violently
overcomes the designed object. in its fight, the screw thread gets a life of its own.'- HS




second stage



second stage
front view



second stage
detail



third stage



third stage
detail



third stage
detail




3D sketches