We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Brooke M Davis about their original and creative Side Table design work. Brooke M Davis is an award-winning industrial designer, that makes our world a better place with their original side table works.
Brooke M Davis ("BMD") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Pilo Side Table. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
BMD : I love pushing my design process. I had seen a few designs that tried to mimic tufted fabric in wood. These designs were hard and uniform. I wanted to achieve a soft look that people would be drawn to feel. I feel the Swavorski Crystals gave an added touch of elegance and glamour to the design.
BMD : I wanted to achieve a an elegant piece that exudes a soft look that people would be drawn to feel. A lot of my work focuses on the tactile sensation; a theme of replacing traditional function with that of touch
BMD : I plan to show this globablly and put them into production. I am hoping that I can work with larger brands in a collaborative way
BMD : I worked on this for two years, the process took longer than anticipated as I was also teaching and running a business during this time.
BMD : In 2016, my father passed away from Lung Cancer and I had to have 2 surgeries to remove cervical cancer. This project was a way for me to heal. I needed a god challenge to sink myself into. The tables are design for me as the client, but after finishing them I feel they deserve to be shared with others
BMD : I am open to licensing the design but I also have a production shop that can create small batch runs of these
BMD : Since college I have been fascinated with using the CNC tool as an extension of my creativity. With each design I have been exploring new surface challenges
BMD : I am a big fan of Vladimir Kagan. He is a wonderful man who has a creative style that I admire.
BMD : People who appreciate unique design in the high end luxury market
BMD : My concept is incredibly soft like worn leather due to the design. It also has a complex joinery of where the surfaces intersect each other as they wrap around your basic box shape
BMD : I tried to find something unique that resonated with feeling or touching
BMD : Rhino CAD Modeling and CNC Fabrication
BMD : Its a tie between the softness of the design and how the surfaces connects at the corners.
BMD : For the most part, I only asked questions on how to best execute specific wood working joinery in the design.
BMD : I use Rhino CAD Modeling and CNC fabrication to create these tables. My goal is to use technology to replicate aspects of the design that look like they are created in a more artisan hands on application.
BMD : No. I looked briefly at pictures on line and tufted fabric in stores.
BMD : Some of the traditional wood working challenges like doing spline miter joints were new to me. I had to create jigs and very precise table saw sleds to execute this joinery.
BMD : I wanted to gain more exposure for my work
BMD : I gain the knowledge of this process and now can apply it to future designs
