Concept Three

One of my last developmental sketches, this stool is more simplistic with a seat and legs. This design also features the table attachment.

Concept Two

This design is a development of the last. I wanted to play around with some curves, so that it wasn't so boxy. I made a feature of the backrest support, instead of having one on either side I made one large one which can also be used as an armrest.

Concept One

My first concept, this was one of my earliest designs. Simple and effective, because I haven't dealt with Xanita a lot I'm unsure whether the support system will work.

Event Research

This research page was developed to gather a greater understanding of the 100% Design Tokyo event. It covers the theme from last years event, exhibitions held throughout the event, a demonstration of chair building and spaces in the event.

Xanita Home Design

Model Trial 02

My second model, helped me to understand how the cardboard would fold. When I was sketching this model I made the backrest support longer so that the backrest could lie back a little, but when it came to the model I realised that I would have to also angle the support not just add length to it, so that was a learning curve. Using this board was more about proportion than how things would actually be folded, because the Xanita is thicker than this its hard to create the same folds. Overall I think with a few adjustments this model could work, also the fact that I have used two supports under the seat, it would eliminate the problem I discussed with previous model.

Model Trial

The first model that I built using thick box board. Realising the scale of the model, it probably would've been better to use thin box board. The model was quite easy to build, the only trouble I had was cutting the out the part where the table locks onto the actual chair, on the full scale model this would have been easier as its not so fiddly and hard to cut. Besides that the chair seems to sit well. One modification that I would make if I took this design to the next stage would be to fix the support beam under the chair, because it is only one piece running along the centre of the chair if the user wasn't to sit perfectly in the middle it may tip to one side or the other.

Concept Development 3

Another two designs that I sketched. Both are more simplified than the rest. Two basic shapes, that used bracing techniques to counter the legs wanting to push outwards. In thought it should work, but in reality may not be so effective.

Concept Development 2

This is the continuation of the chair development. I wanted to add some organic shape to the seat, so I curved the backrest and backrest support on the design on the left. I also added curves to the table attachment. This design is similar to the previous, but instead of having two backrest supports I have enlarged it and made more of a feature out it, possibly creating an armrest.
The right design, based on the proportions of a stool. This concept built a good platform for some ideas that I played around with, such as doubling the xanita board over, so that it allowed the table attachment to slot into the seat rather than join on top. This seat base also allowed the legs to slot into the base of the seat more easily and secure them.

Concept Development

These are the first designs that I developed in my initial stages of conceptualizing. With the left hand design I tried to incorporate the number 5 into the design. The number 5 is significant for the 100% Design Tokyo event because this is its 5th year of running. So from the side profile, it represents the number 5, with the incorporated table.
The second design is similar, but I moved away from the 5 shape, it was more a building of the previous design. I tried to make the 'table' part a little more subtle, slightly more an add on rather than part of the seat. This design is more sturdy than the previous as more support mechanisms are integrated.

Cardboard Furniture Research

http://www.designboom.com/cardboard3.html

A site that I came across, that has several different folding cardboard solutions for chairs and seating. They show progress from the initial sheet to the final chair, which is very helpful, especially because I have never dealt with cardboard furniture pieces.

Themeboard

After picking to incorporate a furniture application into the 100% Design Tokyo event I thought it would be sensible to create a theme board to create a 'picture' of the direction I am considering to head in. I will be doing a chair, I haven't decided as such yet whether it will be stool or more a lounge chair, but I do envisage a seat with a built in platform so that visitors may place a drink or food near them when they are seated.

Event Research Cont'd...

This is the next page of my research. The top continues on from the last and so shows further research on the Salon Satellite Milan event. The bottom half looks at 100% Design Tokyo, this event is most likely the one that I will be designing for after having a look at all the events.

Event Research

This is my initial event research that I undertook, the first part of the page is just notes I took in class about the project. The bottom half is my own personal research that I did just to get more of a scope for each event and what they were about. This first page is to do with the Design Made Trade Melbourne and Salone Satellite Milan, the next blog entry is a continuation of this research.

Esquisse Four

This is the result of my xanita box trials. The image on the left shows the flat pattern of the different folds we trialled. The image to the right shows my development from my first box to my last, as you can see they became slightly better as I got use to the limitations and the dimensions needed to create the 60x60x60mm box.