The poet is persuading his friend to stay. The friendship and the emotional connection in the poem is so beautiful. So, inspired by the poem, I design a set of furniture to present the close interaction between people. Also, I want to explore more possibilities on the combination of furniture and humanity to see how the furniture affects the way people live.
The feeling of intersection remains me of the positive and negative shapes. I have you inside, and you have me inside, we are one and inseparable. Then I start to think, “Why don’t I make the positive and negative shapes exactly the same? like Tai Ji? Inlay them together like a complete one. That would be really interesting!”
Followed with the concept, the TaiJi Tea Table is made up with two same sections. Each section contains one seat and half of the table top which belongs to the opposite side. For example, the half of the table top that the left person uses is structural connected to the right section. Just like the Bretzel, the structure twists in the middle.
Thus, one single section is nonfunctional due to the long distance between seat and the half table top. The TaiJi Tea Table can only be functional and complete when the two sections are assembled and become a whole, which indicates the emotional intersection between people.
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