VVOOD: ExPLORING AND VISUALIzING NORWEGIAN WOOD
Siri yrAn
Advisors: nina Bjørnstad, Mosse Sjaastad and Steinar killi
external advisor: ida noemi
VVOOD
was carried out as a practical assignment with hands-on experiments
(1)
and visualisations that led to
the development of three products. The project suggests six main categories for wooden properties via three
products that focus on different categories:
SKOGEN
(2)
(Forest) is a material library that shows a selection of woods. The pieces are untreated and
labeled with basic information about each species. The user can smell, feel, touch and experience the woods
in their hands.
FLYT
(3)
(Float) is a series of turned bowls that highlight the density, weight, natural colour and structure
of the different woods. Wood is well-suited for surface treatment.
STERK
(4)
(Strong) is a series of shelves with shelf brackets and shows that wood is a well-suited material
for construction, but that different woods have different strengths.
The project aims to communicate and demonstrate the material properties and qualities through products,
showing differences of the various Norwegian wooden species. It is meant not to give a complete description of
wood, nor work as a dictionary of history and tradition, but rather suggest use and inspire.
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