Project Overview
Prompt
Create a visually interesting cardboard chair for extended use and easy hand cutting/assembly.Timeline
3
weeks
Skills Used
Ideation
Model Making
Prototyping
SOLIDWORKS
Completed For
UniversityProject Type
Freeform Skill ApplicationProject Requirements
- Functional: Supports body weight for at least the two hour critique
- Buildable: Must be cut with hand tools and be easily assembled in a reasonable amount of time.
- Comfortable: Seat pan is at most two inches from knee joint, supports back and butt (not a stool).
- Simple: A single object made from two 4’x8’ cardboard panels.
- Interesting: The chair must be visually interesting.
Ideation
CAD Process
Scale Models
1/6 Scale Models
Ideation
1/3 Scale Model
Refinement and testingFinal Model
