This outside furniture have been contaminated by a plastic noodle curse. After being used for so long in the Viennese Noodle Bar, these wooden furniture started to develop a strange behavior. It seems that leftover noodles have merged with the table and turned into a sticky plastic material, like different types of tape twisted together. It propagated within the structure, moving the different parts and strengthening the connections. Still usable, these furniture offers an odd yet immersive noodle experience.

Made for the Noodle Bar curated by Pierre Castignola and Diego Faivre, displayed in Vienna for the Vienna Design Week 2022.

This object is an old relique full of history. An undying piece of furniture constantly evolving by being destroyed and rebuilt with screws and tape. It is the very first chair I made, for a school assignment in 2017. Due to its uglyness and bulkyness, I destroyed it the year after and turned it into a chair. It broke again in 2020 during my graduation and became a structure. This was torn apart later on and transformed into a chair once again in 2021.

By going through many processes of destruction, I questionned our concept of perfection: what is ever finished? Like many good projects, objects can be stripped down, redesigned, destroyed, improved… What is important is our perception on the final object: it might not look perfect but it works.

With duct tape, everything is possible, with duct tape, most uncompatible materials can be bound together… By creating his own tools and equipment, JB developped a whole new craft based on the use of duct tape. His investigation leads to a series of objects combining scrap material with his favourite medium.

Usually tape is known as a great tool to solve problems. It is an easy, accessible and quick thing to use. It inspires a certain dynamism, an energy that is proof of intuitive making. Tape has an aesthetic value that is fascinating. Its roughness and texture creates graphical shapes and lines, showing a movement that is fixed in time.

In his project Cut, Peel, Stick and Seal!, JB is appropriating this material by developing an ongoing research into methods and tape techniques. This is leading to a whole new craft that uses self made tools and equipment. With these means, he is reconstructing objects out of scrap wood and duct tape. Instead of repairing what is broken, it is about creating a new form language that showcases the playful and aesthetical values of this medium.

The outcome of this new craft shows how JB deals with whatever he can find around and how powerful a simple accessible material such as duct tape can be.

Graduation project in Design academy