OSSA IS CONSTRUCTED TO EVOKE SURPRISE AND DELIGHT WITH AN EXPRESSIVE FOLDING MOTION THROUGH ITS CENTER SPINE.
The folding chair Ossa is a collaborative project with Solveig Johannessen. Through this project we were given the opportunity to collaborate with a local retailer as well as a local wood provider as clients. The brief was to create an occasional folding chair in solid wood that could be used both indoors and outdoors. We were provided with Western Larch for this project which is an indigenous wood species that is well suited to its environment in terms of climate and was resilient for outdoor use. The design of the chair is evocative of a spine and points to our anatomical inspiration from Canadian wildlife.
