Rising Furniture Series: Precedent

I have continued my research into transformable furniture which I would incorporate into my overall transitional public space and in doing so I have come across Robert van Embricqs' Rising Furniture Series. I am very interested in this series as it is exactly what I am looking for when it comes to transformable furniture which is can be easily stored away. Due to the fact that each of his pieces, whether it be the chair, side table or table, Embricq has started "with a flat surface that is capable of transforming into a piece of stylishly designed furniture." This means that when I would hypothetically store each of this pieces of furniture, I could stack many on top of one another without taking up too much space. 

I found Embricqs' Rising Furniture series by finding his 'Rising Chair' which he describes as "the Rising Chair emphasises the natural shape an object can made by transforming itself. Every piece of the chair has his own task to succeed in this transformation... The rhythm of the wooden beams gives the chair an organic shape." I love the form that it creates and the aesthetic that comes hand-in-hand. 

Following looking into his Raising Chair furniture, I wondered if Embricq had continued this idea and form in any ways. I was pleasantly surprised to see that he has also made a side table using the same method. "The Rising Side Table design combines elegance and functionality. The table top is carved from a single piece of wood, thereby increasing the table’s practical uses considerably. Yet, the design never loses its playful accents: thanks to clever construction choices that create the illusion of a ‘levitating table top’."

Lastly Embricq had his Rising Table to complete the series in which he describes as "not only does this design approach rid itself of every single predictable feature when one imagines a table, it also emphasises that the Rising Table is indeed made from a single piece of wood. This proves the Rising Table isn’t merely an eye catcher when it comes to design, it can also hold its own as a functional piece of furniture, albeit with a twist." 

I love this series. It is extremely relevant to my design concept and I feel that it has an aesthetic that is really appealing and organic in which I could play on. Embricq uses the material Bamboo Caramel throughout this series which has a beautiful finish which would contrast very well against both concrete and lawn. I want to take a lot of inspiration from this series and incorporate them into my design. The best part of these designs is the fact that they can be folded back down into a single plane of timber. If the idea in which storage could rise up from the ground after scanning one's student ID is feasible, one could stack many, many of these pieces of furniture within for students and staff to use.