Context

Nexus explores how a rigid grid can adapt to the human body without added complexity. Rather than relying on padding or soft materials, the project examines how repetition, spacing, and geometry can create comfort through use.

The question was not how to soften the form, but how structure itself might respond.

Process

Early studies focused on grid density and spacing, using quick physical models to understand how form would behave under load. Variations were tested at full scale, allowing weight and movement to reveal where flexibility emerged and where it resisted.

The structure was refined through repeated making - adjusting geometry rather than adding material. Comfort developed incrementally, shaped by use and confirmed through testing.

Insight

Early ergonomic decisions were informed by long exposure to human-factors thinking - drawing on work in seating design, systems-based ergonomics, and mentorship rooted in the Dreyfuss Measure of Man tradition.