Student project

Waiting Shaping – Shaping Waiting

Designer
Benjamin Karvonen
Education
Bachelor
Subject area
Industrial Design
Year
2025
Collaboration partners
Kolding kommune
RM Rom Gummi
KSI Kolding Stålindustri
Background
Interactive furniture/sculpture

Waiting Shaping – Shaping Waiting

In the space between departure and arrival, waiting emerges — a pause amidst change. My bachelor's project is an interactive piece of furniture / sculpture designed for the waiting room.Shaped in steel and inspired by the body’s passive resting positions, the sculpture invites those waiting to play, shape, and leave traces of time. Movable blocks mounted on the piece allow its form to be continuously manipulated.

Over time, the furniture becomes a physical story of the many travelers who briefly cross paths. The blocks will deform through use — shaped by the users themselves.