Year: 2020

Plié is a modular steel wine rack crafted through CNC wire bending and inspired by the ballet movement plié (knee bend).

The inspiration in form came through the way the designer saw a strength and lightness in ballet that is similar to the way he thought of the characteristic of steel wire.

The wine rack is made modular through repeating one of it’s singular bent steel profiles which can be continually added on to create varying configurations.

The design aims to demonstrate the unique characteristics of steel wire, in particular the materials ductile properties (ability to be formed into a wire without losing strength). This material characteristic provides opportunities to create objects in ways not possible through other materials.