Case Study 8

Ryne Morse

ID 162

18 March 2016

Case Study 8

            For this case study assignment, I would like to discuss some of the ways that this bright purple wingback egg chair effect how one would experience this space. First of all, I would like to point out how much attention this chair draws from your eyes immediately after looking at this picture. Not only is it and one more matching chair the only bright colored pieces of furniture in the space, but notice also how high the egg chair sits compared to everything around it. The sectional couch, the semi-circular seating area in the middle, even the chairs at the dinner table seem to sit lower. Although I do not think that this chair was initially meant to dominate the whole room, but more or less add to the effect of futuristic, almost UFO feel.

I feel as if yes it is the largest and brightest piece in possibly the whole building, but the design included with the soft, felt finish tend to make it very easy on the eye and in turn very comforting. Keep in mind, that the scale of this space is meant to feel not quite as tall or high up into the sky, but to give the impression almost of a wide-open range in front of you. If you remember from my earlier case study, this section of the house has a completely open floor plan, despite a bar jutting out from the kitchen. On top of that, the panoramic windows are added so that you may continue to look out the window without anything impeding your view. Aspects such as the half-open floor plan, low ceilings/long spaces, and the curves of the modern egg-chair, all tie together to form this one huge image of modern technology and comfort of the future. It almost seems as if this picture is straight out of a Knoll exposition.