Chair project evaluation
when I first received the brief I was slightly confused
about what I had to do as I wasn’t sure why we were doing it or who for (as
that is what we usually do) however I then realised that it was in general
deciding whether it would be made in a series or just one on its own. My first
thoughts when receiving the assignment brief was that I felt like I wasn’t
going to enjoy the project however it turns out that I enjoyed it a lot more
than I thought I would, as I enjoyed the orthographic drawing and the thought
of making my chairs as ergonomic as possible however I didn’t enjoy the
building of the chair as much as sometimes I struggled to find the correct
measurements, also I sometimes struggled to make the chair strong and sturdy.
I managed to take research in many different forms, one of
the forms that I managed to take research in was through research on the
internet where I researched things such as artists like Frank Ghery and Gerrit
Rietveld, who created the red and blue chair and the wiggle chair. I also took
research in the form of sketching and drawing through the drawings of Frank
Ghery and Gerrit Rietveld chairs with measurements with different forms of
perspective such as orthographic and isometric techniques. I also used these
techniques to record and plan ideas of my own chairs and write about them.
Another way I took research was physically as I physically measured my body
parts and then compared them to the chairs that I have created. I also used the
measurements from me and also other people to create an average of the certain
lengths of people’s body parts, by doing this it gives me an idea of how long I
want the parts of the chair to be.
My main influences are from the research I took of Art Deco
and the trends within the movement such as the influence from the discovery of
Tutankhamun, and the images in which they found an untouched burial ground, it
was also greatly inspired bout speed and technology and geometric shapes. Another
influenced I researched was Art Nouveau which was one of the only movements
which wasn’t a reaction from another movement. The Art Nouveau was plainly
influenced by nature and the natural flows of nature.
Overall I feel I was satisfied
with my designs as I feel that my influences strongly show in my designs I also
feel that I have found the correct measurements and have gone through the
correct developments the create the outcome, I also feel I have come up with
enough designs to create developments in my chairs and I could also take the
best parts of my chairs to create the best chair I can make.
When choosing my final design I
chose the one that was most practice (as in real life it would be a lot cheaper
to make) I also chose the one I feel
would be most ergonomic and original, however I came across problems like
whether the chair would be able to cope with the wait of the person so I had to
consider the materials that would be light however strong whether it would be
woods or metals. I also needed to add a counter weight to make sure my chair
doesn’t topple over when weight is applied.
To create my final macette I used
card board layered to create a frame of the chair (like the frank ghery chair,)
I then covered the frame of the chair with paper machete to cover up the
corrugated card. In real life the char would have a strong wooden frame then
the backrest and seat would have a foam cushioning the whole way round with a
cotton case, by upholstering it like this it makes the chair a lot more
ergonomic the chair would also have melted plastic strings spread through the
oval shape whole in the middle of the back rest and seat, this would just be
for design as it would represent the veins in which run through the leaves
which my chair was inspired on, this chair could either be made one after
another however I would have to take away the strings as it would take too long
in the manufacturing process, however overall the chair would be cheap to make
but also is very simple but I prefer the simple look, this also give the chair
a bit of an art deco feel, just with an Art nouveau influence. All the
techniques I had already used already from the sculpture project so I felt
comfortable when creating the chair.
When creating my final macette I
made the mistake of accidently changing the size of my cut out of the layers so
it slowly go smaller, to fix this I had to layer up card on the side which got
smaller to level it out and then when adding the paper machete it covered up
the layered card.
If I had more time I would create
a series of developments of the chair and crate macettes with different jobs
such as work chairs, sofas and general relaxation chairs.
I think the one of the most
sucsessful aspects of my assignment was the design ideas and how I planned it
out and layed out the designs with the materials.
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