Recent Work

How to panel your fears with plywood veneer examines Western consumer-capitalism and its effect on human behaviour and everyday spaces, particularly on our tendencies toward the compartmentalisation of our possessions to gain efficiency in contemporary life. My practice revolves around the construction of hypothetical furniture and storage solutions for “disorganised” spaces; utilising references of commercial TV interior design and organisation porn shows to navigate key layout and design elements for me to construct.

The phenomena of organisation porn has created demand for ready-made, standardised organisational products. However, these products are produced solely to meet consumer demand and lack individuality in response to disorganisation. Through the process of creating and designing, a balance has been struck between customised and standard trends. It also highlights how laborious organisation is as a solution to inefficiency in contemporary life and questions the notion of what organised even means within an individual’s everyday space.

The intention behind my practice of constructing organisational solutions for disorganised spaces is to examine the current cultural and consumer market trend of organisation; using the act of creating a completely compartmentalised living space to explore its effectiveness and the reasons behind its popularity. As I researched, designed, fabricated and refined this installation, the discoveries went beyond my initial hypothesis of it being a high-generating trend manufactured by the consumer market. I realised the strong relationship between procrastination through organisation of the everyday space and the pressure of contemporary societal expectations, negative emotions, and a sense of losing control.

How to panel your fears with plywood veneer not only intends to encapsulate the organisation processes, aesthetics and trends in contemporary Western culture, but the emotive causes behind this behavioural veneer.