Oana Coarfa was born in 1978 in Ploiesti, Romania. She studied at UAUIM Bucharest and TU Delft, The Netherlands. In 2004, she graduated architecture at UAUIM Bucharest. She was granted with awards in interior design for retail at the World Space Creators Award Japan 2010 and in object design at the competion for Delta Studio in 2012. Since 2007, she is partner architect in the Republic of Architects office, working as an architect and designer. She experiments with a large scope of practices (building, product, space, graphic design, drawing, concept). Oana Coarfa lives and works in Bucharest. In 2013, she started c a b i n e t, design oriented practice. c a b i n e t is a brand focused on learning discipline & practicing virtues.
The objects created in c a b i n e t are condensed shapes that promote design for practice.
Exhibiting at Wood&Wool // KODAMA coat rack
KODAMA coat rack is made of 3 sticks of wood that are connected with joints. This shape is created considering the physical characteristic of an object working with balanced weights. Any kind of minimum 3 wood sticks can be connected with 2 continuous ropes to create a similar object (Cabinet suggests straight tree branches and hemp rope). The object is created in collaboration with wood republic and corian joint is produced by ekero concept.
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The objects created in c a b i n e t are condensed shapes that promote design for practice.
Exhibiting at Wood&Wool // KODAMA coat rack
KODAMA coat rack is made of 3 sticks of wood that are connected with joints. This shape is created considering the physical characteristic of an object working with balanced weights. Any kind of minimum 3 wood sticks can be connected with 2 continuous ropes to create a similar object (Cabinet suggests straight tree branches and hemp rope). The object is created in collaboration with wood republic and corian joint is produced by ekero concept.
