Project Seven – Major Project, “Tots Wood-Lots”
“Tots wood-lots” is the exploration into childrens furniture investigating notions of play, growth and lifestyle that accompanies children on a journey through their childhood.
At the beginning of this project I proposed myself a brief, this being.. To explore the lifestyle and growth of a child from the ages of 2-12 (a span of 10yrs). Investigating notions of play, interaction with objects, detail and the psychological and physiological influences’ one has with furniture. I plan to produce a piece of furniture that grows and evolves with a child, creating a spatial environment, which allows the child to dissociate one from bigger surroundings. Considering simple adaptable furniture capable of quick transformation supporting and encapsulating comfort for physical and emotional needs throughout the 10yr period.
From breaking this down I realized It was not just a singular object I was making but more a toy for the child with several objects that they can create what ever they like from it. way like Lego blocks.
So I see this design as a spaio-temporal environment for a child to play with and inhabit within, creating space to dissociate from bigger surroundings. This will help children learn about the world they inhabit through weight, colour shape, patterns and functionality. It is important to understand the way children learn through playing and how furniture can have so many possibilities for a child and can act as a micro architectural environment to be inhabited. To quote Johannes Schwartz “ The children follow severe rules in building these spaces , about what is good, tasteful and stylish.”
This object grows and evolves with a child starting off as small blocks which are then joined together to make a bigger block and so on, it has endless opportunities for endless amount of fun.
