Concept Development

Concept Development

Concept Development

Concept chair

Concept Development

A backrest has been added and support provided in vertical planes at the back of the chair. The angled frontal support gives this chair a quirky air. I have to look at the proportions and making the seat narrower, and how the support elements attach to each other.

Concept Development

This model further explores the tail like element as stabiliser. I think it would sit well in the Design Made Trade fair, the tail gives it a dynamic form. The locking mechanisms still have to be resolved, and I'd like to work on the seat and introduce a backrest

Concept Development

In this model I was interested in using texture in small slits through the backrest. Also, the chair would provide greater comfort with more support. It needs a resolution for the seat which is not attached to the base structure and would unfold too readily.

Concept Development

This stool uses an inward fold that supports the seat, and helps rigidify the structure. I like the tail-like element poking through.

Concept Development

Continuing with the idea of creating texture, this version relied on a webbed, woven panel that lies on a structure with a curved profile, something like a sun chair. I didn't succeed in attaching the seat to the frame though, and imagined that weaving the xanita would be very challenging.

Concept Development

I was interested in creating texture in the flat planes of the first model in this mock up. The perpendicular vertical planes of this stool create an accordion like form, which could serve as a surface for striking branding.

Concept Development

An initial idea, creating a curve for comfort. The corners of the upright elements are put under a lot of strain however. The proportions of this model are out too, it would topple very easily. It would require a healthy locking system to strengthen the laterals too.

Origami Chair Video

This video with an eerie soundtrack features a chair with back and armrest that is folded using origami techniques.

SIT

This is an entry for a competition held in the USA for undergraduate architecture students, to design a chair made with cardboard. This one allows the use of glues, but otherwise shares a similar brief to 'into the fold's'. On the site there are dozens of posters of entries, with drawings and photos of the resolutions.