Chair!

This was by far my favorite project in BDS, but then again maybe it's because I LOVE working with power tools.

How ever in the beginning me and this project did not get along.

-the first thing we had to do was

 Using only one sheet of cardboard (4’x4’) design a seat that will hold the weight of one
person. You may use cuts and folds in the sheet of cardboard, but you may not remove any material. (When we unfold your seat, it should return to one contiguous 4'x4' sheet).
 Final Seat- must hold the weight of one person a min. of 6”off the ground.

So I did this but it frustrated me that we had to go spend money on a new sheet of cardboard when we could have used recycled cardboard and have been able to get the same project done. I must however say my chair was sturdy as heck by the way.

Next came building a cardboard chair based on duality. I did mine about my boyfriend and I. It was based on the fact that we both were really chill and enjoy being able to relax and watch a movie when we have free time. I would say it did its job. 

The Chair actually still sits in my hall way at my hall and gets plenty of use by other people napping it or during finals week i have caught a number of people studying in it. I defiantly plan on taking this bad boy to my apartment next year. 

haha... here is one of my house mates i caught taking a nap =D

















the final project was to build a chair out of wood based on minimalism. So I wanted to design something that could be taken apart and put in a small area. My final chair was amazing but I did how ever get frustrated with the cardboard mock up. I didn't see the point in doing it when it wouldn't be able to hold weight but maybe thats because I'm more key on scaled sketches.

by the way to anyone that has to do this project in the future be prepared to have a messy room. I'm still finding little cardboard slivers around my room.