Giant Woven Rocker Teeters to the Delight of Both Kids and Adults

Visitors to the recent 2014 Seattle Design Festival were in a for a big treat — a big, woven treat. Delighting riders of all ages, this giant woven rocker teetered to and fro, keeping in line with festival’s theme of “Design in Motion.”

The rocker’s build team aimed to make it a place for both relaxation and play. The curved bottom plywood base supports a woven strap seating area featuring 155 square feet of space. Its profile was carefully calculated to ensure a stable, smooth rocking motion, and then repeated 9 times to reach a total length of 15 feet.

View images of the unique design below.

Build team members: Matt Noren, Clay Anderson, Jonathan French, Taylor Massey, Sarah Kia, SL Rao, Aimée O’Carroll, Darrell McKinney, Jayne Jaderholm, Ekaterina Wright, Andrew Powell, and Hoffmann Construction.

via Design Boom, images by Jennifer Burke

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