DICE

THE DICE.

Throw the dice, and this project will take a new shape depending on how the user rotates it: it becomes a stool, a table, a lamp, a leg support.

It is a sculpture and at the same time a pragmatic piece of furniture.

It is a design object that unites the qualities of four different basic furniture typologies: a stool, a coffee table, a leg bench and a lamp, but at the same time is none of them.

It has a clear purpose but is supposed to be interpreted by the owner.

It is weird in shape but very practical in function.

It rethinks the typology of the seat/table but looks very familiar.

It combines new technologies and hand craft.

It has a complex and novel robotic-made 3d shape and a classical warm oak wood. It looks playful and serious at the same time.

While the complex shape was manufactured from oak wood with the use of KUKA robotics technology, grinding and oiling were made by hand.

Materials:

Frame: oak wood

Lamp: plastic, protected frosted glass

Weight: 10,5 kg, Size: 465 x 465 x 420 mm

Credits:

DICE was created by KOSMOS Architects as part of a special SAMPLE project in collaboration with the Vaults Center for Artistic Production. SAMPLE DESIGN is a curated selection of collectible and studio design. SAMPLE DESIGN gathers furniture, home decor and artworks, made in collaboration with architects, contemporary artisans, independent designers and artists.

DICE was exhibited in the Fake/Authentic Gallery in Milano in April 2024.

Photo (c) M. Cherepanov