naoiymdesign
Furniture
2024
Shelving Clamps are wooden clamps that hold a foam to put objects on like a shelf. They can clamp down other materials such as a wooden board, metal and glass sheet. However, the uncertainty of using foam as a shelf top is the main concept of the product. The uncommon way of material selection makes people think of utility and materiality. It can be assembled by only hand because the clamps don’t have glue or any metallic parts. Two screws and a saddle clip are required to fix a single clamp to the wall. All materials are wood offcuts from the wood workshop such as Beech, Oak, Pine, and Sapele wood. Different combinations of many kinds of wood have a certain educational purpose which allows users to feel the textures and see the colours of a variety of wood.
One of the reasons why foam was chosen as the shelf top was that it can act as cushioning to deliver the product safely without extra cost for bubble wrap or something else. The rectangular foam and the packaging roll around the parts of the clamps to protect them from damage during delivery. This packaging design is completely opposite to the idea of flat packaging, but it has different positive effects. Users don’t need to use the foam for the shelf top. It can be replaced with anything by their creativity and clamps can possibly be used for other purposes as well.
Beech
Oak
Pine
Sapele
Packaging design