Auriane Défago
FREN

Object design 2024

BLUEWAVE

RoleObject design & prototyping

A coffee table made from reclaimed acrylic, transformed into a flowing, translucent volume.

BLUEWAVE — Thermoformed acrylic becomes a table and magazine holder.
Thermoformed acrylic becomes a table and magazine holder.
BLUEWAVE — A mockup of the table in a living space.
A mockup of the table in a living space.
The brief
Design a piece of furniture by reusing materials available in the workshops, as part of a school project.
Design choices
Thermoform a leftover piece of acrylic and use curves to bring a coffee table and magazine holder together in one translucent volume.
The outcome
A full-scale prototype measuring 80 × 50 × 80 cm, accompanied by a mockup in a living space.

A school project exploring the reuse of materials available in the workshop. A leftover piece of acrylic becomes a piece of furniture through thermoforming.

Thermoformed PMMA · Scale 1:1 · 80 × 50 × 80 cm