Exhibition Research

Esquisse Four: Understanding Form

Coming up with the design was fairly simple. We worked with the idea that it should be made from as little individual pieces as possible and tried to incorporate ideas from our previous esquisse. I think we were successful in that we managed to construct the frame of the chair out of one solid piece of cardboard and the structure out of only 4. We also had very little waste left over from our piece of cardboard so we judged the amount of material fairly well. I think we were unsuccessful in that there were a few mistakes

with cuts being put in the wrong place etc. (lesson learnt don’t try and do this sort of thing when you’re tired or in a rush you just end up going backwards) and that the overall design was not terribly attractive. The base held my weight fairly easily but the backrest was a bit flimsy and ended up ripping before we got a chance to try it out.

Esquisse Three: Locking Systems

I really enjoyed this week’s esquisse. It was a challenge creating something that would hold so much weight out of so little material, but as you can see it holds my brothers weight (60kg) fairly easily so hopefully it will be able to handle the whole 100kg in class next week. The one thing I would change is the flimsy locking system that holds the sides together. I gave it some thought and I think the best bet would be to create some form of hook that prevented the locking system pulling apart again.