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The project is based on how we look at the value in our belongings and how this change through life depending on needs and lifecycle. It focuses on challenging the user functions in a furniture and shedding light on changing instead of buying new. The design is aimed to extend the value, through different uses and by making it easy to repair and recycle. To extend the user phase of the furniture and allow the resources to circulate as long as possible to reduce waste. A big part of the project is the exploration in textile and techniques, which is one of the features in the solution.

Fryd is a versatile furniture made to create lasting value, through different uses and by making it easy to repair and recycle. The simple structure serves as a base for the various features you can add, so it can become a chair, a table or a shelf. Fryd can change according to the needs that arise during life. Whether it is for making tents as a child, for storing books as a student, for breakfast as cohabitants, or for reading a good book as a grandparent.

There are many ways to customize Fryd to fit your taste and needs, only your imagination sets the boundaries.
Among the varieties of functions, there has been made two prototypes, one chair and one shelf. The structures are made of birch, mounted for easy disassembly.

For the chair there has been developed textiles to minimize the need for padding and other parts like zippers, buttons etc. The textiles are made of natural materials as wool and linen, with thicker weaving where the body meets the wood. At each end there are weaved openings so that it can easily be threaded on and off. A knitted pillow was made to give extra support and comfort.

The shelf has six smaller shelf plates with grooves underneath, which makes them stable on the structure. They are easy to move around, take off and on as needed.