Archie Todd
FPD
he/him
I'm a furniture and systems designer with 8 years experience as a carpenter before University. I believe in challenging entrenched ways of working to design products that better support users, the planet and communities. I took a year out to intern in Rotterdam working for small, dynamic studios that pushed furniture and lighting design in which time I became inspired by art and designs ability to bring people together. This is something I seek to bring to the UK.
Drape Sofa
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Drape is the result of investigations into user focused design, circularity, low tech manufacturing, and material exploration. It attempts to create a system of manufacturing that is inherently sustainable whilst making use of the complicated supply chains that operate invisibly around us, upon which our modern way of life depends. Drape is a modular sofa, available in single and two seater configurations, that is easily transported and modified to change with users over their lives. Drape can be disassembled, flat packed, changed, and fixed. It’s a low tech sofa for life.
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OCCAM Stools
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Occam stools are created using a set of rules designed to best make use of off-cut materials. The rules dictate the design and assembly of each piece, taking cues from the actual material allowing them to speak for themselves. The goal here is to design a system of making rather than individual objects.
The project used No.1 Common, an underutilised grade of American Hardwoods. This grade of timber has large amounts of waney edge, inconsistent grain and colour changes. Occam stools celebrate these ‘defects’ and highlights them as features not problems.
