Tom Collison

This project looks to convey a conversation between the maker and the user of an object, through the object itself.  ‘Awkward furniture’ is a series of awkwardly made stools. These stools have been created by physically experimenting with the words tension, suspension and compression. The form of the stools is a result of construction through the use of these verbs in making. The stools look to create a conversation about what is comfort, if each human is unique surely each human has their own form of comfort? How can something so unique be set out by the rules of ergonomics? This line of questioning stems from the idea of that design should be a background for living, each individual should develop their own use of an object, it should not be dictated but instead be made personable to the user. These objects differ from traditional modes of woodworking and joinery; this shying away from tradition is mimicked in the way in which they are used.