- I have not designed many beds.
- It was my wife's idea.
This bed is an unabashed ripoff interpretation of a Japanese screen wall. The design actually incorporates ideas and themes form a number of aspects of Japanese architecture and a little bit of original design (the chamfer of the screen frame). The bed is obviously not made for people under 8" tall, that is just the space saving format I chose to draw it in. I see it in made of cypress (traditional) or some dark wood with interesting grain such as wenge.
Grab a pencil, some paper and start drawing your own beds or anything else for that matter. After you're done share them with the rest of us at furnituredesign.tumblr.com
3 comments:
If you have cats or young children, I think I'd forego actual rice paper. However, a soft light behind paper would be very good if you had to get up in the middle of the night.
I like the look. I think that in a light wood you'd get an impression of light solidity. Sounds odd, I know - it has the appearance of being a very solid, stable "structure", but the way it opens up at the top and the way the headboard rises so far above the foot, and, I think, the shape of the legs give it a solid anchor while reaching towards the sky.
Is that too much to read into a bed design?
I like the look of this bed. On the vertical panels in both the headboard and footer - are those chamfers on the edges of tongue & grooved boards or is that some kind of decorative inlay?
Ken
Thanks and no I don't think that is reading to much into a bed design.
Dale
The wahsi would look great (source?), and the cedar bark is really cool too. I see where you are going with the horizontal wood, that might make a nice alternate version.
Steve
Yes to chamfered tongue & grooved boards .
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