DESIGN NAME: seating for stations 1
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Seating For Stations
INSPIRATION: The inspiration to create this project came during the waiting on the station. Sits can be other, with the form taken from nature. It gives the possibility to use less materials and more colors.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Comfortability of seating came from two semetrical parts which connects by basement. Back of seat have an oval form. Back connects with the seating part with bolts. Less usage of materials and form of the seating for station are components of eco-design
Very important part of design is ease of assembly and cheapness of transportation.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Seating for stations, which consist only of two identical parts, you should make only two parts. This seats can be used not only at stations but in parks and in township environment.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in Autumn 2013 in Kyiv and finished in February 2014 in Odessa. But in general It took me only five evenings to create this project.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Furniture Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Traditional materials from wood, plywood, metal, MDF, plastic.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: length 810(1365)mm width 600mm height 810mm
TAGS: Seating for station, eco-design, ease of assembly, cheapness of transportation
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Research consisted of connection of two curved surfaces to one construction. It was nesessary to design connecting knot of back and seating part with the help of bolts.
CHALLENGE: The main difficulty was to connect the sits and backs with the help of the simplest fixes. And the main challenge was to find the best variant of design and functionality of manufacturing and installation.
ADDED DATE: 2013-11-01 04:59:28
TEAM MEMBERS (1) : I and my son Yuriy
IMAGE CREDITS: Viktor Kovtun, 2013.
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