Jade HuculakInterior Architect & Furniture Designer

Furniture

SolaceMaster’s thesis: Enhancing users’ embodied experience in furniture design

Year
2026
Materials
Walnut, Wool, Glass
A person in white sits cross-legged on the low walnut chair at the centre of a pale handwoven rug, a clear blown-glass vessel resting beside them.

How can embodied experience in furniture design be enhanced to create more meaningful interactions between users and objects?

Solace is a furniture set that creates space for its users to withdraw from the intensity of daily life, offering a moment of stillness and allowing them to reconnect with themselves.

Each element is designed to engage the senses and is rooted in hands-on material exploration. The low chair grounds the body through its conforming form, its low position, and its hidden hand-carved texture. The handwoven rug forms a tactile extension of the chair, bringing the legs and feet into direct contact with contrasting wool textures. Complementing both is a hand-blown glass piece that engages the sense of smell, allowing water and essential oils to diffuse a relaxing scent.

Through this multisensory experience, Solace aims to foster more meaningful interactions between users and objects.

A moment of stillness in the chaos of life

Close detail of the clear blown-glass vessel on the textured weave of the rug, the edge of the walnut seat in the foreground.
A person kneels on the rug and tilts the walnut chair, showing its rounded base.
The empty walnut chair with its curved backrest standing on the woven rug in even studio light, the glass vessel to one side.
Jade sits cross-legged on a workshop floor beside a small white foam mock-up of the seat, one hand resting on it, a flat seat template lying on the floor next to her.
Process · Testing the ergonomics
Laminated walnut strips clamped around a curved form in the workshop while the glue sets.
Process · Glueing the arch
A molten glass bubble on the blowpipe being shaped with a wooden paddle in the hot shop.
Process · Shaping the hand-blown glass
Wool weft running through the warp threads of a loom, the woven rug taking shape beneath.
Process · Weaving the rug

For inquiries, write to hi@jadehuculak.design

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