COD by rami tareef draws on the tradition of wicker furniture

COD by rami tareef draws on the tradition of wicker furniture  images © rami tareef

jersualem-based student rami tareef has created ‘COD project’ as his final project at the bezalel academy of art and design. drawing from the tradition of wicker and woven furniture, this five-piece seating collection combines values of craftsmanship with those of contemporary design. 

‘blues armchair’ front

the project’s hybridization of these approaches to production are evident in its planning and execution processes: the angular frames of the chairs were sketched, rendered on CAD, then built in increasingly larger scale models. these then provided structural support for weaving the seat textiles, which were created with intricate layers of cords.   

‘blues armchair’ seat detail

‘blues armchair’ detail

‘X chair’ in yellow warbler, side view

yellow warbler model, seat detail

the yellow warbler chair and the two black-and-white styles create volume with multi-colored patterns.

two chairs in black and white

black-and-white side view

black-and-white seat detail

‘X chair’ in rattan

rattan rear view

‘one-off stool’

the last style, ‘one-off stool,’ weaves rattan onto a laser-cut structure.

scaled model of ‘one-off stool’

scaled model of ‘blues armchair’

designer rami tareef learns the traditional weaving process