Kejsarens Nya Kläder : En studie i hur användandet av textila material på ett okonventionellt sätt påverkar möbler och dess relation till rum och användare.

Sammanfattning: The aim with this work is to seek new potential in the use of textile materials in furniture design deriving from humanistic values. The aim with this work is also to investigate if textile have the ability to increase the objects value to its user and surroundings through the issue: Does the use of textile material in an unconventional way in furniture making have the ability to enrich its relation to room and user/owner? The ambition with this work is to apply a use of material in a way that in the future may bring desirable consequences in line with the outside world’s demand for good processes and products. The work begins with a theoretical background study that in part includes David Ericssons artistic development work “Friends of Wood” and Jessica Hemmings book “Warp & Weft – woven textiles in fashion, art and interiors”. The theoretical study also includes an interview with Johan Knutsson, professor in furniture culture where a historical backward-looking is being held on storage furniture and cabinets historical development and its relation to mankind and environment. Thereafter a practical investigation takes place in form of the development of a wardrobe as an object for the thoughts and ideas of the work. A special focus is being concentrated on the accomplishment of making a piece of furniture that through its meeting with both user and surrounding is salutary.  The conclusion of the thesis shows proof of newfound potential in textile material and new areas of cooperation between different professions in furniture making. The experience of the result and the interaction with the furniture is proof that textiles can create stronger bonds in furniture’s relationship to rooms and user/owner.