I approached my BA thesis with the desire to find a design solution for a product, that would preserve part of abandoned knowledge and skills of previous generations and thus contributed to the preservation of our cultural heritage. While researching historical design achievements, my attention was drawn to the wickerwork.
In the next phase, I focused on research and through using the method of experimentation, tried to find my own, original way of weaving. In the experiments that followed, I used different materials and techniques. I experimented with aesthetically cleaner and simpler rope weaving patterns. Simultaneously I was trying to find an appropriate product for application of my experimental results. I decided to use the weaving technique to restore and redesign any of the once mass-sold obsolete Thonet chairs. By making those chairs functional and attractive to the modern user, we would preserve a historically important product, the skill of weaving, and would act environmentally friendly by reusing materials. Following the example of the concept, I created a set of cafe chairs, in which the ropes are a renovating element, as well as an element of a new, recognizable aesthetics and unification of differently designed chairs.
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