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Item RARA : Rover chairs : an adventure in adhocism : an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Design at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand(Massey University, 2015) Adank, Rodney GordonThis practice based research explores the nature of opportunity availed by an adhocist strategy employed in seating design. It is inspired and sustained through a focus and reflection on Ron Arad’s Rover Chair, 1981. Characteristics of adhochism such as opportunity, heterogeneity and value are unpacked through case studies. Seating concepts developed through research practice are examined. RARA (Ron Arad: Rod Adank) incorporates the appropriation of design and cultural references as a part of a hybridization strategy. It considers the role of immersive experience, physicality and affective design in the development of a body of work tethered to a design precedent. It postulates that by pursuing the pleasure of design through a practice of playfulness, humour, irony and compulsiveness, diverse and creative solutions to seating may be found.Item Furnishing a narrative : [an exegesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Design at Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand](Massey University, 2013) Norris, Sophie‘Furnishing a Narrative’ is a contribution to the philosophy of furniture. The research employs a materially developed approach to philosophical exploration articulated in a particularly poetic guise. The philosophical texts of Gaston Bachelard are physically manifested in the form of 1:1 material makings, with Bachelard’s ‘Nests’ providing (or furnishing) the theoretical underpinning for this project, the first thread in binding its structure.As key concepts, ‘inhabitation’, ‘furnishing’, ‘trace’ and ‘memory’ are reflected upon collectively to construct an interrogation of the interior. These concepts speak to the phenomenology of the home, commenting on presence and absence, or rather presence in absence.Item Entertaining the object : an investigation into human-object relations : an exegesis presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Design, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand(Massey University, 2012) Fanning, MatthewThe focus of this research is to investigate human-object relationships. How do we as human beings interact with objects and how do we understand them. The work uses a process that focuses on investigating preconceptions about objects and engaging with them in order to develop objects into characters. This is achieved through collaboration with the furniture, by augmenting, developing, and then representing the object.