Easy to assemble from flat pack. Takes less than 1 minute to assemble and has no glue or fixings to apply. Much faster than conventional furniture and can be delivered in bulk as a flat pack.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
context
Chair in context at 100%design tokyo. Used in bar and cafe areas at 100 percent in 2009. Cheap material that is environmentally friendly and 100% recyclable. If the organizer wants they can allow visitors to take their chairs with them after using them.
economic use of material
Chair design takes up majority of the 1800 x 1200 x-board sheet, Ensuring economical use of the material.
recyclable
Fits into any recycling bin easily. Can be flat packed prior to recycling, no glue or fixings.
x-board number 2
X-board number two and final. I think I have it all figured out. Eight or so more hours and......
We get this. I'm almost positive that the piece of board I got wasn't cut square, so all the fold channels were extremely difficult to do. When I folded it together the edges were floating off the ground. I was pretty pissed off. I had to hack at it many times to get it all to fit together. In the end this is my final product, I vow not to touch it again and can't wait to never have to look at cardboard for the rest of my life. If I do I will cringe at the thought of these last few weeks.
Oh and the arms didn't work again for some reason. I cant work it out. I seriously think its the x-boards problem as it is exactly the same as my other 1:1 and it works on that. If I had a chance to make another one...... I wouldn't.
I cant even judge anymore whether it is a nice looking chair or not. I have looked at it in anger for so long that my vision is impaired. Hopefully it works and you like it. Its super strong as well.
x-board number 1
So I am ready to make my x-board model. Or so I thought. 8 hours later and wella...... a chair that is NQR. ( not quite right, for those unfamiliar with the lingo)
Don't do this at home. My hairdryer was nowhere near as industrial as the workshop one and I got extremely frustrated. Extremely!
As you may or may not be able to see, there is tape on the top of the back. This is because it was ripping more and more every time I folded it. Another thing I will need to resolve in my next 1:1.
When I was cutting out the arm folds I had convinced myself that the 1cm channel would fall below the line. I was tired. and wrong. Therefore It was time for another 1:1 x board. damn.
fixing the arm....
In my 2nd 1:1 mock up I thought i had resolved the arms. turns out I didn't. as you can see below.
The bottom of the arm didn't meet up with the top of the seat as I had thought it would and the angle of the corner didn't meet up with front part of the arm.
To resolve this i took another piece of cardboard and and drew out where it should go on my model. You can see in the bottom three images the new arm that fits and the flat version is the last image. Fingers crossed this will translate into X-board!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
final design
I re-figured out all my angles according to the design tweaking I did and now have finalised the flat design to go onto my xanita. Finally. Here it is....
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
folding methods
I will also use the 45 degrees angles inside the x board to create my corners. These degrees may need to variate to accomodate my unique angles for the triangular arms.
refinement
From my last 1:1 model I worked out a few things. The first being that as it stands the seat doesn't feel quite wide enough to sit on (currently 400mm). The second being that the angles of the arms don't quite work. Both of these things can be fixed easily. I will pull the edges of the seat out further and create a locking system under the seat system then make the seat itself slightly wider to make it more comfortable. I will then re-calculate the angles and sides of the triangles that make up the arms.
The next thing I will need to work on is the folds in the x-board so that they all fit and fix properly.
1:1
I made another 1:1 model out of one big piece of card. This made it easy to see how the folding chair would work. The angles were calculated using trigonometry. When folded together the arms still didnt fit together quite right but i think I just did the angles on the opposite side of the protractor. This can be easily fixed and I will draw up a new flat pack plan according to these angles.
refinement
I revisited the layout of my flat plan and re-organised it so that the seat and extra support folds from the top of the plan. The arms still fold down from the edge and should slot into the seat area. I want to cut all the joins on the inside of the chair to keep it clean and neat on the outside.
When I made my first 1:1 mock up the cardboard folded in at the front where it wasn't supposed to. At first I was annoyed as it didn't look the way I intended but then the folds grew on me. This flat pattern incorporates those additional folds.
refinement
From my 1:1 mock up I realised some big problems with the workings out of angles and how they translate onto the flat pack. I am determined to get these right as there would be nothing worse than cutting out the x-board only to find it doesn't fit together properly. For this reason I set about re-learning Pythagorus and encountered my worst nightmare.
There are not words to explain the intense frustration these sums caused me. I did however work out the angles of the triangles that make up my arms of the chair. I think.
refinement
I decided to refine my fourth concept as it fits onto the 1800 x 1200 and can be constructed from one piece. The angles for the arms will take some serious calculations but I think I am up for it. This design is visually pleasing from all angles and invites the person to sit. This is my 1:1 mock up of the design.
design
My stool will be designed to cater for those having a quick bite or drink in the design area of 100% design tokyo. It will need to be 450 mm high (seat height) and hold 150kg.
The design should act as a perch rather than a lounge as the organisers of 100 % don't want people spending all their time at in this area. It should be comfortable enough to have a quick rest but not tooo comfortable so that the visitors spend too much time there.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Concept three
The slight slope in the seat on this stool directs the user how they are meant to sit on it. This chair is a 2 bit system that slots together.
Concept two
This concept is quite similar to my first concept but it is folded in a way that makes it stronger and easier for quick fold and take away with you.
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