ara thorose materializes expressions of humanness into sloping cylindrical furniture-objects

‘boyd works’: A collection of neutral tones and sloping curves

Ara Thorose’s collection ‘BOYD Works’, materially translates and abstracts expressions of humanness and body language into sloping cylindrical furniture objects. Each cylinder is configured in a game-like approach to design, resulting in undulating minimal forms that perform the function of chairs and tables, inviting users to distinctive object-body interaction.

all photography is courtesy of Se Yoon Park

ara thorose ExplorES the boundaries between form and function

Recently exhibited at NADA NY by Carvalho Park, Thorose’s collection is comprised of two chair designs, a table, and a multi-functional furniture-type object. Each statement furniture-object experiments with the existing boundaries of form and function, while featuring the minimal and fluid curving forms, and the varied materials that are so characteristic of the designer’s style.

The width of the cylinders that form the furniture objects are modeled after the Armenian-American designer’s own thigh. The name BOYD is a reordering of ‘body’, losing its own original meaning while retaining an essential ‘body’ ness. ‘I use the width of my thigh as the basis for the cylinders, so they’re like abstractions of myself’, says Thorose.

hand-made versatile seats invite an ‘active sitting’ experience

Each piece is hand-made using a different material, from latex, PVC rubber, polyurethane foam, silk fabric, glass, and neoprene. Both the NUN Chair and 4M Chairs’ forms are composed of several curving movements of the thigh-wide cylinders. The NUN Chair’s minimal seat and low-seat back invite an ‘active sitting’ experience, while the 4M Chair’s curves ascend to create a semi-seat and seat-back.

The ULU XT1 Table’s neoprene cylinder flows through a pattern of U-turns and L-turns, meeting the surface of the floor and the glass box table-top in mere touches. The versatile and ambiguous UN is created in one curve that crests at a seat-standard height, and the cylinder achieves a function through minimal configuration.

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project info:

name: BOYD Works
designer: Ara Thorose

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