P.05

Three
Contacts

This bookstand explores structural minimalism through a single continuous line. The brief required two book orientations and three points of contact. Rather than treating the contacts as identical, the project reframes them as three structural conditions — a point, a curve, and a line. The form was developed through simultaneous drawing and fabrication, where each bend in the cold-rolled steel rod was carefully measured and adjusted so the radii could physically support the book. Instead of relying on digitally smoothed geometry, the line is constructed through calibrated bends, allowing the drawings and model to evolve together as a record of the making process.

Type
Object Design
Material
Cold-Rolled Steel Rod
Program
Bookstand
Date
Spring 2026
Three Contacts bookstand, standalone
Plan and isometric drawings
Elevation and unfolded elevation
Three Contacts holding open book, side profile
Bookstand with closed book, angled view
Open book resting on stand, overhead float
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