Speakers

Rohan Sivanathan, a 3rd Year Uni Student studying Product Design & BCII at UTS. His main love for design is to do with anything functional and mechanical. However, a deeper appreciation of form and aesthetics, as well as how they can be achieved has been developed throughout his time at UTS.

Struct

Stability & Structure.

Struct is a design that explores the beauty of showcasing a piece's structure. Wooden tubes provide spotlights at the points where the plywood pieces meet, which highlights the fact that no bolts or fasteners are used to hold the stool together. The overall form of Struct was designed with stability in mind, with the overall form resembling 2 mirrored trapeziums, where each of the wooden planks sit parallel to another, apart from the feature element; the curved top.

Designed for Sitting, Shaped for Comfort.

The top piece was formed through moulding multiple layers of plywood between a male and female mould. These layers were stuck together, then cut and sanded down to match the dimensions of the other plywood pieces. The stool is designed for a user to sit on the curved top, and the two shelf spaces are designed to fit a variety of objects, from laptops to large books.