Negətiv Spās

These images are of a model i made as i tried to figure the most efficient way of storing these generic tea cups within the smallest of spaces. 

The grid shows a 200x200mm space within i manage to fit 4 tea cups, however as you can see on these images, the space lost in-between the objects is a lot in context of a kitchen shelf. With the lip of the cup measuring 90mm and the base 60mm (in diameter), there is a vast amount of negative space created.

Can these cups not be more efficient in their use of the space in which they inhabit? 

I have only just become aware of the negative space notion and what it means and represents. Now as i become obsessed, discovering and learning about them an idea that i recently had came flooding back. 

I was working at Spacemen creatives office in Manchester making tea and cleaning up when i notices how hard it was to fit all the tea cups onto the shelf. The amount of space each cup required was much more than it was worth. Soon the whole shelf was occupied by Tea cups, while the plates occupied a single space and there was more of them. 

The Stella K Showroom is a fashion sourcing company’s head office. This 115ft corridor within the offices was deemed a non-place, no use or function, however due to the protruding objects that extrude from the wall, the spaces created as a result of the objects is negative spaces, with varying depths and heights - ideal for displaying garments.