Current Objects is a curated collection of architect*-designed objects. It is a publication of small things; a digital (and sometimes physical) store; a forum for experimentation, production, and extension of architectural practice and research.

MOON CALENDAR

THEME: Reflect
YEAR: 2023
STUDIO: Object Projects
MATERIAL: Textile, ink
QUALITIES: Interactive, Flat, Green

DESCRIPTION︎︎︎

Tacked on a living room wall, worn as a head scarf, or laid out as a dinner table accessory, the 2023 Moon Calendar bandana prompts a lunar understanding of time. The bandana is also a guide to the home gardener, encouraging the syncing of harvesting cycles with moon phases.




LIQUIDPLY KNOB

THEME: Reflect
YEAR: 2022
STUDIO: rockpaperscissors
MATERIAL: Plywood off-cuts
QUALITIES: Round, Recycled

DESCRIPTION︎︎︎

Plywood offcuts are reframed as the main event with these hand-turned knobs. Available in three shapes—Sphere, Cone, and Cup—they can be mixed and matched as cabinet pulls or wall hooks. Each knob is unique and shows the love and care taken in reusing material remnants gleaned from job sites. Part of a larger material research program undertaken by Mumbai-based Studio Tessera.

Each knob is shipped with hardware for through-bolting. Spec for wall-mounting hanger bolt size available upon request.


$35 $20


WEIGHTED QUILT PROTOTYPE

THEME: Reflect
YEAR: 2022
STUDIO: Peter Heon and Ben Dooley
MATERIAL: Nylon, fleece, 3M Thinsulate
QUALITIES: Heavy, Interactive, Aggregated, Puffy

DESCRIPTION︎︎︎

The Weighted Quilt Prototype is intended for camping, picnics, laying on, laying under, sticking your arms or head through and wearing as a cape while eating cereal late at night, moving furniture, moving boxes, fort making, sound dampening, carpeting, maybe, and more.

The two pieces of the Prototype each have nine buttons and nine button holes and can be attached in a variety of ways. The padded buttons weigh two pounds each making each quilt weigh about 12 pounds. The buttons can be removed, too. It's adjustable. The quilts join together or they can be apart.

The Prototype is made of lightweight ripstop nylon and fleece, with 3M Thinsulate inside.


$600 $450


CLOUD AND CIRCLE MENORAH


THEME: Reflect
YEAR: 2022
STUDIO: Object Projects
MATERIAL: Powder-coated aluminum
QUALITIES: Shiny, Flat, Folded

DESCRIPTION︎︎︎

A platform for celebration, a totem of tradition, an expression of the present, and a seasonal decoration in the home: the CLOUD and CIRCLE menorahs are available in semi-matte white and glossy green powder-coated finishes.

Candles should never be left unattended and care should be taken to protect delicate surfaces from dripping wax.


$72 $40


STAINLESS-STEEL PENCIL


THEME: Reflect
YEAR: 2022
STUDIO: Object Projects
MATERIAL: Stainless steel
QUALITIES: Shiny, Heavy, Interactive

DESCRIPTION︎︎︎

Twisted, twirled, and sometimes even chewed, the pencil stands in as frequent accessory to contemplation. This non-functional stainless-steel version acknowledges our discipline's shift to digital tools, yet is also deeply satisfying to hold and surprisingly heavy.

The piece is physically reflective and also meant to encourage the practice of reflection.


$75 $50