DESIGN NAME: wooden throne
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Lounge Chair
INSPIRATION: I find my inspiration on modern architecture.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Chair is made entirely out of 12mm birch plywood, there is no screws gules or other material used. And is cut with the CNC router. The chair is easily assembles and comes flat packed.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: It comes flat packed, whit very easy assembly. There are no screws, glue or other adhesive material to hold it in place. The parts fit together by sliding gaps.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: 6 months project that started in the summer of 2015.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Furniture Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: material : 12mm birch plywood sheets
production : cut with CNC router
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: lounge chair :
comes flat packed 105 x110 x 20 cm
assembled dimensions
wide: 100 cm
deep: 100 cm
high: 105 cm
takes approximately 15 minute to assemble
TAGS: plywood, lounge chair, modern furniture, architecture in furniture,
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Reserch objective was to find out how designers and manufacturer can work together via the internet to design and build a prototype product. To find out the main challenges to developing a product this way.
The design brief: needs to accommodate adults, be designed for ease of assembly, with no adhesive or fixings such as screws/nails, must be manufacturable using a CNC router,be flat packed for ease of transportation.The chair needs to be manufactured from a single material, specifically 12mm thick plywood whit minimum waste created during manufacture
CHALLENGE: This design was inspired by it's constraints. The limit of only using 12mm plywood and the CNC router whit no glues or screws.
ADDED DATE: 2015-09-17 18:08:52
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IMAGE CREDITS: http://www.ctrlart.com
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