‘bloom’

‘bloom chair’ by korean desinger eerang park, is constructed from eight folded steel plates. each of these pieces are attached at a central point and fanned in a circular arrangement at an angle of 35 degrees from each other. in this formation the plates lean up against one another, maintaining a strong structure, in which they simultaneously function as the legs, seat, back and armrests of the chair.

eerang park: bloom chaireight folded steel plates are used to construct the seat

eerang park: bloom chair demonstrating the chair

eerang park: bloom chair detail of the central point where the plates are attached

production process:

eerang park: bloom chair marking the steel plates for cuttingeerang park: bloom chair sanding down the edges of the plates

eerang park: bloom chairattaching the plateseerang park: bloom chair the completed modeleerang park: bloom chair preliminary paper models of the ‘bloom chair’ form

eerang park: bloom chair preliminary paper models of the ‘bloom chair’ form