Sunware Set

Project Overview

Design a furniture set for a market/concept and explore unique connection details.

8 Weeks

Partner Project

Summer 2025

Sunware Set furniture set

Concept

Inspired by the autumn ritual of drying persimmons, the set should celebrate natural materials, the vibrant hue of ripe fruit, and handcrafted details

Ceramics is a natural material with unique properties to incorporate into the design for a light, warm, and sensory experience.

persimmons hanging from strings in a large row, and tall ceramic bowls

  Context             Market

a patio and a family of four sitting on a stoop

How can we create an indoor/outdoor furniture set that embodies the ritual of drying persimmons and leverage the colorful, moldable, and compressive properties of ceramics?

Concept + Ideation

Concept images of ceramic pots, benches, and shades with the words 'tactile', 'vibrant', and 'natural'
Concept drawings of Sunware Set furniture set

Connection Exploration

Pieces of the furniture set with drawings behind them and the words 'Lashing + Tiles' and 'Ceramic Intersection'
Pieces of the furniture set with the words 'Clay and Cord Exploration', 'Screen Detail', and 'Hinge Exploration'

Fabrication

Collage of Jade and project partner creating Sunware Set furniture set using clay, fabric, dyes, and wood with a CNC machine

Final Design

The Sunware Set furniture set (a bench, a small table, and four sunshades) on display in front of some trees

Final Design

Collage of Jade next to and sitting on Sunware Set furniture set

Final Design

Still

Still provides a bright surface to place

Project partner sitting on bench and books, a candle, and a plant on the table
Downward angle of part of Sunware Set furniture set in the sunset light

Final Design

Collage of angles of Sunware Set furniture set with the caption: 'SETTLE BENCH: With ceramic ends and a slightly curved profile. Settle gently draws people together. Designed for gathering and grounding. Settle offers a warm moment of respite.'
Collage of angles of Sunware Set furniture set with the caption: 'SWAY SCREEN: A partition that glows in the sun. Sway softens and envelopes a space without closing it off. It references the quiet swaying of hanging persimmons drying in the autumn air.'