PlayPen

Capstone
Catherine Liu
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2 people sitting on a comfortable bench

A series of 3 furniture concepts that encourages play in the adult world. Each piece engages with a different scale of play, allowing for unconventional ways of moving your body to engage with them.

Each piece has elements inspired by playgrounds I grew up with. By using elastic bands as the main surface material, it stretches and compresses depending on what it holds and how it’s held. This ever changing material encourages curiosity and action, creating an intentional relationship between the piece and its user that becomes more familiar over time.