ABSTRACT
Robin Evans’ essay The Developed Surface traces an ephemeral drawing technique. However, unintentionally it charts the history of furniture’s identity within the interior as well. This chapter examines my observations of Evans’ examples and aligns them with three furniture design projects of my own. In my design practice, Evans’ essay is used as a strategic guide and touchstone to define furniture’s relationship to the interior. These three furniture projects use Evans’ thinking as a framework for conceptually and physically positioning furniture in a room. Where Evans establishes the “developed surface” as an idea, this body of work tests these surfaces and their ability to convey spatial responses with the mechanism of furniture.
