Amorphous Objects
Luna Haverkorn
The Swedish School of Textiles, University of Borås
What if an object doesn’t tell you how to use it? Most design today focuses on clarity, efficiency, and predefined use, leaving little room for exploration. These body-scale textile objects instead invite open-ended interaction. There is no single correct way to use them: people can sit, recline, lie down, balance, or hide inside them. They can open, close, fold, stretch, and transform through movement and touch. The objects are dynamic, transformable shapes that explore how design can move beyond fixed functions and open possibilities for textile interaction, play, and rest. Carefully placed interaction cues suggest different ways of engaging without becoming too restrictive. Too much clarity removes exploration, but too little creates confusion. This work aims to give people more agency to explore how they want to use an object. Design does not have to define behaviour, it can invite exploration.