A piece of solid-oak furniture designed around the golden ratio.
TaBasket is a solid-oak furniture piece that functions as both basket and table. Its five-petalled form is derived from pentagonal geometry and the golden ratio, with a detachable top surface that changes the object from open storage to a usable tabletop.
- Role
- Geometric Construction · Fabrication
- Category
- Product Design
- Context
- Self-Initiated
- Year
- 2020
- Tools
- Workshop Equipment
Conceptual Origin
TaBasket began as a self-initiated furniture project exploring whether one object could work as both storage and surface. The design uses the golden ratio not as decoration, but as a proportional system for shaping the object's structure, rhythm, and visual balance.
Geometric Construction
The form was developed from a pentagon, then segmented into a five-petalled structure using golden-ratio proportions. The removable top completes the table surface when closed and reveals the basket structure when lifted away.
Material Process
Solid oak was chosen for its warmth and weight — heavy enough to feel grounded as a table, but warm enough to invite touch as a basket. Each panel was cut, sanded, and finished by hand. The joinery is exposed; no fastener is hidden. The piece is finished only where the hand will rest.
Final Form
In use, TaBasket holds objects when open and supports them when closed. The detachable surface allows the piece to switch function without changing language. The mathematics does not perform — it sits underneath, holding the form.
