HELLO, MY NAME IS DEVON REINA. I’M A 24yo MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST AND DESIGNER IN BROOKLYN, NY. 2019 GRADUATE OF PARSONS. CURRENTLY FOCUSED ON DESIGN QUERY. QUESTIONING THE EVERYDAY OBJECT.
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DEVON REINA
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ABOUT
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PSEUDOPHYSICAL
Thesis work. Design query based on precise manipulations of everyday objects. This project is a series of digital and physical models that question what it means to perceive an object, the physical laws it abides by, and product design itself.
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STUDIES IN MOVEMENT
Digital models abstracting migration, the human body, and movement over a period time.
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HANDSOAP
Its a bathroom trophy. Its a marble statue. Its a bar of soap. Handsoap.
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OVUM URN
Designed around death and memorial. Fabricated from backwards casting processes and destruction/dissolution of material.
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SMILE, CHAIR
Flat planes, straight lines, one arch. Furniture, product, sculpture. White oak.
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UMBRELLA MUG
Disturbing practicality, confusing opposing functions. A brief discussion between two typologies with opposite intentions: the umbrella & the drinking vessel.
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PAINTINGS
This is a body of work aimed at studying the documentation of thought through mark making.
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GLOBES
Identifies and explores worlds outside of our own. Each taken from literature, amateur thought experiments and the fringes of science the globes represent different kinds of imaginations, all co-existing, jostling for room within one space.
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TWO LARGE CHAIRS
Interruption of a space. Applying architectural features to aspects of furniture. Designing furniture without the intention of seating. White Oak, Sapele.
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PUSH TO OPEN
A discussion of our perception of the door handle. The tangibility of a space and designing to forget it.
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FAKE FLOWERS
REdesigning nature. How can product design be applied outside of artificial products? What can these experiments say about beauty, mutation, and artificiality?
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THE OBJECT OF AMERICA
In a time of conflict, divide, and hope for change, this project is aimed at representing American histories. Peaches Harrison and I plan to drive across the country documenting objects, people, and their relationships in an attempt to capture and share their memories.
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RAINY DAY TABLE
Contribution, preservation, and appreciatio of value. Throughout the object’s life, it develops an anonymous relationship with it’s contributors and grows an unaccountable profit hidden from sight.
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BIEDERMEIER GHOST CHAIR
The 200 year-old Biedermeier furniture was sourced from a local antique dealer in the city of Bolzano. Its upholstered cushion was safely removed and scanned using a high definition 3D scanner to create a file ready for CNC manufacturing. A resin block was cast and then milled to the exact form of the chair’s original upholstered seat to take its place.
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RENDER GALLERY
Digital environments, models, and imagery created using 3d software.
