PA.08 - DRAPED CONSOLE

Type

Panels

Location

MarseilleChamarandeCluj-NapocaLuxemburg

Material

PlywoodLeather

Description

Draped Console is a prototype sideboard that translates the fluid language of fabric into layered plywood.

Front view of the Draped Console prototype by Sebastien Wierinck—a layered plywood sideboard whose rippling, wave-like curves resemble folded fabricPa.08 Draped Console by Sebastien Wierinck – sculptural plywood console with drapery effect, CNC-cut and handcrafted, installed in interior setting.

Draped Console is the result of an ongoing research project exploring the intersection between digital tools and handcrafted techniques.

The choice to explore the motif of drapery stems from a core statement: digital technologies — both additive and subtractive — offer an expanded formal spectrum. This potential calls for a reconciliation between the language of industry and the legacy of art history, opening up new expressive territories for contemporary design.

About Draped

Pa.08 Draped Console by Sebastien Wierinck – historical painting detail of fabric drapery, reference for the design researc

Front studio view of the Draped Console prototype by Sebastien Wierinck—a layered plywood sideboard whose rippling, wave-like curves resemble folded fabric

back studio view of the Draped Console prototype by Sebastien Wierinck—a layered plywood sideboard whose rippling, wave-like curves resemble folded fabric

Front studio of the Draped Console prototype with open doors by Sebastien Wierinck—a layered plywood sideboard whose rippling, wave-like curves resemble folded fabric

Detail front view of the Draped Console prototype by Sebastien Wierinck—a layered plywood sideboard whose rippling, wave-like curves resemble folded fabric

Side studio view of the Draped Console prototype by Sebastien Wierinck—a layered plywood sideboard whose rippling, wave-like curves resemble folded fabric

The drape motif — historically tied to gesture, contingency, and movement — operates in several registers. Physics simulation reveals how cloth might fall; art-historical observation uncovers canonical rhythms of pleat and counter-curve; stylized modelling translates both into a machine-readable surface.

Originally that surface was destined for large-scale metal 3-D printing, but when our WAAM partner shut down during the COVID crisis, the project was forced to pivot. Additive paths gave way to a subtractive, layered strategy that could be realized in-house on our CNC router. More than 400 slices of 10 mm maritime-pine plywood were milled, numbered, and vertically stacked to build the console’s undulating body.

Detail view of the Draped Console prototype by Sebastien Wierinck—a layered plywood sideboard whose rippling, wave-like curves resemble folded fabricPa.08 Draped Console by Sebastien Wierinck – close-up of layered plywood surface creating sculptural drapery folds.

Domestic view of the Draped Console prototype by Sebastien Wierinck—a layered plywood sideboard whose rippling, wave-like curves resemble folded fabric

Outside view of the Draped Console prototype by Sebastien Wierinck—a layered plywood sideboard whose rippling, wave-like curves resemble folded fabric

Pa.08 Draped Console by Sebastien Wierinck – exhibited in studio setting with natural light and curtains, CNC-milled plywood furniture piece.

ABOUT DRAPED