PIPE DREAMS
PIPE DREAMS by Douglas & Company uses leftover material to dream up a new collection of furniture including a daybed, bench and stool.
The collection’s title suggests a state of reverie: “Conceiving of and launching a new collection amidst omnipresent uncertainty felt like a fanciful scheme at first,” says Liani Douglas, one half of the design duo. “But we decided to banish our current state of limbo in favour of a previously unimaginable new reality which is revealing itself. The pure geometric assembly and plump curves of the collection evokes a playful dreamlike state, fitting for a not-so-fleeting daydream.”
Materially the dreams are manifested in a cross-laminated timber (CLT) and high-density chip foam complimented with a touch of blush pink leather. The material use gives a nod to repurposing as the CLT was surplus material from a recent construction project and the chip foam a material that is made up of pieces of scrap foam chipped and bonded together.
CLT, made up of high-pressured bonded 20-40mm timber boards in perpendicular layers, provide incredible stability and structural capacity to the coniferous softwoods used for the panels. This layered fabrication process inspired the form and construction of the new pieces. Simple geometric shapes are built up stacking uniform disks of wood and foam, left exposed to evidence the material strata.
The collection was exhibited at THEFOURTH, House Party.
Awards: 2021 Dwell Design Awards - Furniture nominee
FLIGHT OF FANCY
Daybed
Spuce cross-laminated timber, chip foam and leather
L: 1850 x W: 630 x H: 392mm
Available in an upholstered version
WISHFUL THINKING
Bench
Spruce cross-laminated timber
L: 1500 x W: 450 x H: 462mm
FOOL'S PARADISE
Timber stool
W: 380 dia x H: 462mm
Spruce cross-laminated timber
AIR CASTLE
Foam stool
W: 380 dia x H: 442mm
Spruce cross-laminated timber and chip foam
Optional leather seat
Images supplied by THEFOURTH, photography by Hayden Phipps.