Israeli designer, Noga Berman has been create creative furniture called ‘Tunnels’.

Description from nogaberman:

A series of pieces of furniture that explore the possibility of creating private places within household furniture.  Just as a cat seeks out hiding places or small spaces to slip into, I wanted to create furniture that can encompass all or parts of the human body. I searched for hiding places within the house, observing children playing “hide and seek” and looking at illustrations in children’s books. I examined dark and private places that can contain the human body.

I created a set of objects: one, a human-scale object that can be used for lying down, for storage of sheets and blankets, or for creating a private space within the house. The next, a set of wooden boxes, can be used as seats, but also conceal books, clothes, or just one’s head. Finally, there is a chair, where in the technique of wrapping elastic bands creates tunnels, a perspective space, and peek holes. Thus, the user can choose his personal way of using the chair: he can sit on the elastic bands, but also invent new and personal ways of using them, such as entering into the chair or inverting it, and thus examine his relationship with his environment and shape it to his choice.

Both of these objects are created using a technology involving bending metal tubes and wood etching. Elastic bands are then wrapped around these materials and closed with velcro.

Photos by Tomer Zmora

source : noga berman

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