자연현상을 활용한 가구디자인 연구

A Study on Furniture Design Adopted from a Natural Phenomenon - Focusing on Symbolic Formativeness from the Changing Shapes of the Moon -

This is a study and work of furniture design adopted from a natural phenomenon, es-pecially from the changing shapes of the moon. The drawer of furniture, a part frequently con-tacted with our hand (human body) is well related to the symbolism of the moon, which in-cludes life conception and fertility. I created various forms of drawer handle shaped from the moon phases, which give a furniture design esthetical, symbolic and formative meanings. The characteristics of my drawer furniture designs are classified into 3 types. First, as the volumes of drawers increase, the handle shapes also change differently: old moon, crescent, half moon and full moon. Second, without keeping time order, drawers may have the same sizes with handles freely selected and arranged by formative accounts. Third, both increasingly changing type and freely selected and arranged type are combined to make a composite structure. In their simple geometric forms, these furnitures can provide nature intimacy, which fulfill the needs of our time.