Thin shelf series
Storage
2024
Sheet metals are extremely thin and strong, making them versatile for various applications, such as architecture, and furniture. However, they have the drawback of being easily bent if left unprocessed. For this reason, additional reinforcement structures are often added when manufacturing steel furniture. Moreover, assembling steel furniture typically requires ugly hardware like screws, which, along with screw holes, are often exposed on the exterior, creating a visually unappealing look. SF-SO designed a highly minimalist furniture set to maximize the strengths of steel sheets while minimizing the drawbacks of steel furniture.
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Thin wall shelf
Storage
2024
The Thin Wall Shelf is made of two 1.6mm thick metal sheets. Viewed from the side, the shelf, where the wall and shelf connect at a single point rather than a surface, emphasizes the thinness of the material. The space between the wall and the shelf can be used to store mail or books.
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Hidden objects
Object
2022
Industrial design that had been developed to improve the quality of users’ lives is gradually degenerating into a means of marketing for companies as of recently. Thus, design is ironically making our environment more complicated little by little. Numerous companies desire to make their newly released products stand out more than previous ones in terms of visuals to draw more attention from consumers. This leads to adding unnecessary decorations and shapes during design, thereby causing visual discomfort. In the end, this also becomes the reason for throwing away things easily as users get jaded with such overly stimulating design as time passes by.
Design Studio SFSO designed “Hidden Objects” by refraining from making visually conspicuous daily items and pondering over how they can be naturally hidden and blended in with the surrounding environment. Through simplifying forms to the max by removing inessential adornment as much as possible or using the way of fully replicating the figures of nearby objects, “Hidden Objects” can be concealed in the surroundings when they are not being used. These present the possibility of using things longer by providing less visual stimulation with their product design.
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Design Studio SFSO designed “Hidden Objects” by refraining from making visually conspicuous daily items and pondering over how they can be naturally hidden and blended in with the surrounding environment. Through simplifying forms to the max by removing inessential adornment as much as possible or using the way of fully replicating the figures of nearby objects, “Hidden Objects” can be concealed in the surroundings when they are not being used. These present the possibility of using things longer by providing less visual stimulation with their product design.
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Mobile cabin delivered by drone
Hospitality
2020
We proposed an innovative travel service, using a mobile cabin that can be delivered to an uncharted destination, and returned to the departure point by cargo drones.
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TEMP
Chair
2020
The TEMP Chair explores the potential of transforming simple materials into multifunctional objects. Made from five flat-cut plywood panels, bound together with a strong cargo strap, the piece shifts between a chair and cargo, depending on its arrangement and use. Rather than focusing on the aesthetic form typical of traditional chair design, TEMP Chair emphasizes the role of sequence, arrangement, and rules as key design elements, revealing how the same materials can take on new purposes.
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