Ishinomaki Lab residency
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Ishinomaki Lab.
Furniture, open design & rebuilding communities.
2017 | in-residence.
INFO → ILUM is a modular shelving system developed at the workshops of Ishinomaki lab (Japan), a social enterprise born after the 2011 Tohoku Tsunami to help refurbish Ishinomaki through open design and by teaching citizens to rebuild. Materials respond to that available at their workshop (mostly working with cedar -red or Canadian- and ply). 2 sizes of timber, 1 ply plank, 2 finishes.
Tooling is a simple sequence of operations all made in-house and on-demand. Avoiding storage costs and making each configuration custom. ILUM can make structures in corner shape, in ‘U’ shape or any other combination of straight and 90 degree shelves. To build storage but also room dividers, informal meeting rooms etc... for home & office environment.
In the process of designing ILUM I also designed some smaller pieces, made out of production offcuts such as coat hangers.
WITH → Ishinomaki Lab team.
