Frame Möbel is a design studio that explores bespoke space-frame structures for furniture-scale applications. Over a three-week period, students worked in teams of two to develop computational form-finding strategies for space-frame table designs, with a particular focus on the parametric design and additive manufacturing of custom connections. The studio emphasizes the relationship between geometry, structural behavior, and fabrication constraints.

Key areas of investigation include lightweight structural systems, material and structural gradients for flexible forms, hyper-redundant mesh configurations, spring-based simulation models, and introductory machine learning approaches for design exploration. These methods allow students to evaluate both formal and performative variations within a tightly coupled computational workflow.

The studio culminates in the fabrication of a full-scale table prototype by each team. Custom nodes are 3D printed and assembled with linear members, demonstrating how digitally designed joints enable diverse structural expressions and material efficiency. The resulting artifacts highlight the potential of computationally informed connection design as a driver for both structural performance and aesthetic differentiation.