Show WHEAT SEAT Brent Jorgensen of a junior at finishes filling a section of his built and designed for an industrial design All the space in your furniture at home could be used for storage of dehydrated it were designed that AND IF some of the young thinkers in industrial design classes at Brigham Young University put their ideas into some of the furniture of the future will have that space used for something practical-such as for storage of dried After John F- assistant professor of industrial issued the challenge of putting space to better use in a class brainstorming session-students came up with some creative designs that were also A UNIQUE chair was designed and constructed by Brent Welker of who switched from pre-med major to design just His chair is made from 16 gallon caps used as bases then covered with stretch knit fabric with a cylinder of foam rubber above the can and encased in the Weight of the cans provides weight for the CANS ARE accessible by a zipper in each and the zippers are covered with a macrame trim with a matching trim of macrame at the top for appearance pur macrame holds the cylinders of foam Although Welker made only a he said that he could have added enough cylinders of foam to make a complete lounge or comfortable Brent a junior from Bountiful but who graduated from Idaho Falls High designed what he calls the He made a frame in which he placed nine corduroy pillows filled with A zipper allows the owner to place whatever dried grain he would like inside for The nine pillows can hold five gallons of grain for JORGENSEN designed the oak framed seat to promote a feeling while the same time od s id rge 1 1 j s u la r i co m and suggests a variety of Other class members also created furniture that uses negative space for food WILL THIS type of furniture be on the market If some of these enthusiastic designers continue with the concept and get their products may be inviting house guests to come sit on the or tomorrow's dinner |