Objects from Frames (OFF) is a project about bicycles, subcultures, and the lives of objects. A narrative driven and design-led exploration of the structural and adaptive potential of components and manmade forms.
OFF takes the familiar shape of the bicycle in heavily used or end-of-life condition — an object with its own rich culture, connotations and personality — and asks it to perform a new function in the domestic environment. The final pieces display an honest physicality and do not hide their former function, wearing their use with an earnest pride. The intent is not to up-cycle, but rather pay homage, recognising the meaning and intangible value of the materials used and craft involved.
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This lounge chair by Cara Campos encompasses two road bicycles in total, using the front triangles of both bikes. As no two bicycles obtained by the designer were the same size, the challenge was to make the arms level and the crossbars parallel. This meant the steel tubing brazed onto the frames to create legs all had to be different lengths. When looking closely at the head and seat tubes, it’s clear they are varying in sizes.
The open tubes were then covered with circular steel caps that were cut to size.
The leather for the seat is chestnut dyed veg-tanned saddle skirting. The leather was bought second-hand in Dublin, but was originally sourced in Aarhus, Denmark. The leather is a nod to the leather seen on bicycle saddles.
Powder coated tubular steel; leather
| Dimensions LxWxH | 66x66x76cm (26x26x30'') |
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| Piece Weight (kg) | 3.0 |
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| Color | Brown Leather, Chestnut Brown, Light Brown And Silver, Silver, Steel |
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