Esquisse Three

I chose to use a Maple leaf that I found to create in a 3D paper translation. The first paper representation I made was formed through the use of Origami. It was simply made from a square section of A4 paper, folded and overlapped to create the above.

The second representation was slightly more meticulous, I firstly cut out the general shape of the leaf, I then tried to replicate the 'veins' by cutting out shapes in decreasing size to correctly follow the Fibonacci sequence. I then took this pattern and connected them with the general shape I cut out before. I made small cuts for the shapes to slot into.
The third representation was done by cutting out the shapes of the main leaf sections then connecting them by using slits and a strip of paper.

Esquisse Two

This is the path I headed down for my structural strength esquisse. I started off by cutting a strip of 250gsm card and rolling it up really tightly. To keep it from unravelling I tucked the end of it back into itself. This shape and design proved quite strong so I made about 20 of these. I then needed to house the 'scrolls' so I made a box design as you see above, at first the box split when I tested it so i wrapped a strip around and weaved it in and out. I made two of these boxes and put one on top of the other.

Esquisse One-Sphere

This is the idea that I came up with for my sphere out of card. It consists of 6 pieces that are folded in half and joined at the spine by the tabs on 3 of the circles. The other 3 circles have slits in them.

Esquisse One-Pyramid

These images are showing the development from initial to final Pyramid design.

Esquisse One-Cube

These four images show the initial development of the flat pack through to the final cube design .

Flat Pattern Article

http://weburbanist.com/2008/01/13/more-creative-furniture-for-cramped-urban-living-20-pieces-of-ingenious-flat-pack-urban-furniture/comment-page-2/
Just a site i came across that deals with flat pack furniture design. At the bottom of the page you can also go forwards and backwards to other pages that discuss convertible urban furniture.

Furniture Design History Bibliography

Frank Gehry + Karim Rashid

Verner Panton + Pierre Paulin

Alvar Aalto + Arne Jacobsen