The concept behind the design of Platano Split is to create a structurally aesthetic table that reflects a relaxed tropic environment. The idea of taking the skeleton of a cantilever bridge and embody that within my table was the main goal, but I didn’t want my design to seem cold and distant from the user. Rather I aspired for the user to approach Platano Split and want to run their fingers across the subtle curves of the table top, and appreciate the natural texture and raw wood grain left for the eye to linger on. I took inspiration from my home in the Caribbean and picked the form of the brown banana tree that exemplifies the soft organic curve that nature offers to us. By coating the industrial feel of a bridge in the skin of a banana tree, an innate balance was found in the piece between mathematics and the natural world.
Unlike the last project for this class, I was completely unacquainted with the design program that was used. Since Illustrator is similar to Photoshop, I was able to overlap some of my skills in photo editing, using guides, and inserting text, but there are so many other techniques that could be applied. I learned to manipulate vectors and orientation of text in Illustrator, overlapping layers within the same piece, further advancing my skills with the pen tool, and finding new ways to apply stroke to objects. The project was easy to get the hang of after a few tutorials, and even easier to apply to the second board after all the initial work was done for me already.
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