Kusheda Mensah Designs Furniture to Overcome Loneliness
We talk to Kusheda Mensah about the launch of her first furniture collection at Milan?s Salone del Mobile and her future.
Kusheda Mensah has just launched her first furniture collection at Milan?s Salone del Mobile, but she doesn?t necessarily see her future in furniture. “I don’t think I?ll be designing furniture for the rest of my life, my aim is to encourage better social behavior, so my career will exist within this concept.”
The collection, entitled (M2) Modular by Mensah is designed to help improve the way that people interact ? inspired by the breakdown in genuine connection felt by the social media generation.
“We sit facing screens all day, and these carefully curated thumbnails of people’s lives are causing anxiety, stress, and the need to do more, work more, buy more? by any means necessary,” she says. “I found that when I met up with friends or family, they often weren’t as happy as they looked on Instagram, but there was no way of knowing that unless I connected with them on an emotional level ? face to face.”
“My collection was born out the realization that we can communicate with one another in a more fun and interactive way, and sustain the mutuality in our communities and within our generation.”
Kusheda started researching modular furniture and wanted to create something different from the rectangular and circular blocks already on the market. “I looked at the synonyms asso...
Kusheda Mensah has just launched her first furniture collection at Milan?s Salone del Mobile, but she doesn?t necessarily see her future in furniture. “I don’t think I?ll be designing furniture for the rest of my life, my aim is to encourage better social behavior, so my career will exist within this concept.”
The collection, entitled (M2) Modular by Mensah is designed to help improve the way that people interact ? inspired by the breakdown in genuine connection felt by the social media generation.
“We sit facing screens all day, and these carefully curated thumbnails of people’s lives are causing anxiety, stress, and the need to do more, work more, buy more? by any means necessary,” she says. “I found that when I met up with friends or family, they often weren’t as happy as they looked on Instagram, but there was no way of knowing that unless I connected with them on an emotional level ? face to face.”
“My collection was born out the realization that we can communicate with one another in a more fun and interactive way, and sustain the mutuality in our communities and within our generation.”
Kusheda started researching modular furniture and wanted to create something different from the rectangular and circular blocks already on the market. “I looked at the synonyms asso...
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