Collaboration
A collaboration with designer Catherine Furio. The shoulderpiece and purse were co-designed from the standpoint of two different disciplines; ID and Apparel. NOTE - The garments themselves were designed and created by Catherine Furio, not myself.
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Emotive Response Dress
Using the ideas of tension and compression in design. These were re-translated into interactive Apparel in which the user could manipulate color, and physical tension, to outwardly express, how they internally feel. Colors range from neutral to extremely warm, revealing the internal "tension" felt in a given situation.
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Pack-You
Garments (each) designed out of one solid piece of material. The initial pattern's shape determines the finished product. Created out of synthetic industrial felt. Designed to be laser-cut to accommodate a wide range of sizes.
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Tsunami Relief Garment
Garment designed for tsunami victims in Bangkok Thailand. The garment serves three purposes. 1) To provide an instant form of clothing. 2) To provide shelter and a sense of "home". 3) To later be used in the collection of water through natural rainfall during the monsoon season. Sustainability is the overall concept. All content copyrighted.
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Tray
Tray created out of Maple veneer 3 layers thick, 6 Sections wide. Each section hand planed.
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Man Table
Designed in RTA (ready to assemble) style. This table can be shipped flat, and then assembled easily by the consumer with two hex wrenches (included) All content copyrighted and owned by Parker Manis. Photo credits Richard Chapman
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Grasshopper Table
Coffee Table Created out of laminated Baltic Birch plywood which has been vacuum formed. Sliding drawers were created from rough-hewn Walnut to fit the contours of the table. Photo credits Robert Bradley
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Handbags
Handbag design concepts
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Apparel Concept
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Furniture Concept
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Drawings
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Industrial Design
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Iron
Exercise in model-making and re-vamping an existing product. This iron model, created out of wood, re-thinks the idea of how the user should hold the iron so that efficiency holds sway. All photo credits Robert Bradley.
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Cube
Taking the concept of "toy" to a less conventional medium. This toy is highly interactive as the user tries and tries to find the steel ball-bearing, yet the ball is always located at the bottom of the cube, resulting in countless twists and turns.
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