Final Concept 3

Final Concept 2

Final Concept 1

Concept 3

The 3rd concept i did, i strayed away from Kanjii symbols & went down another traditional Japanese cultural aspect, focusing on furniture design through nature, or plantation moreso. This design is loosely based on the profile of a Lotus flower.

Concept 2

This idea was again based on Kanjii for the side profile.

Concept 1

Initial ideas utilizing the side profiles of Kanji symbols.

Adding supports & back piece to give it the perspective of a chair front on.

Initial Ideation

Getting a perspective of structural hatching & connections.

Exploring external coverings.

Inspiration

The Japanese Kanjii calligraphy became a source of inspiration after i thought i could grasp a fine detail of design as a side profile to the piece of furniture. Although this is apparent, an abstraction of the Kanjii character/s will be necessary to allow the aesthetic to be followed by its' functional purposes.
Brainstorm.

Event Research

My Chair design will be based on the Tokyo design conference. After looking at the floor plan of such, I realized i wanted to stylize a chair that can be used outdoors at the cafe area. The chair obviously needs to be sizable in order for casual coffee-goers or lunchers to quickly be able to pull one up.

Esquisse 4

The image above depicts the flat pattern of various folds & cuts put in place top create a 60mm x 60mm x 60mm box. Grasping a sense of the limitations and the dimensions needed to create the box, i went through 2 trial flat patterns before finally getting the right lengths for each section. I came across one main problem throughout the esquisse, which concerned the 45 degree angled cut. With this incision a milimeter over or under the fold became very tedious, putting the dimensions out. My final box had a 45 degree cut that was about a mill over allowing the fold to depress leaving it slightly skewed.