F UR N I TURE D E S I GN
MORE
THAN CHAIRS
DESIGN STORY Designers for years have created a wide variety of furniture that is beautiful or even exquisite. However, they are nothing more than cold objects that do not speak to their owners. As a designer, I aim at designing a kind of furniture that is warm and could interact with its owner.
WHY CHAIR We spend most of our time sitting on the chairs. When we are tired, they load our weight. When we are alone, they embrace us. When we are struggling, they accompany us. They are our friends.
THINKING PROCESS
3D RENDERING MIND MAP COMPARISON DETAIL CONCLUSION DIMENTION
OBSERVATION
MODEL
COMPARISON
Have a story
Classical
unique
WA R
VE
Looks beautiful
Interesting
VE INTERAC I L A TI M
Fashion
l a n o i t o m E Exquisite
Multi-culture
Advance in technology Colorful
Varity of materials
Full of cultures Nice craft
Sit comfortably
Ergonomics
MIND
MAP
INTERACTIVE
ALIVE
WARM
OBSERVATION posture
movement
imitation
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Obseving diffrent sitting postures on the chair, we could speculate what they are up to. Each posture is unique. When he is thinking, he holds his jaw with his left hand and touched his leg with his right hand. When they are enjoing each other accompany, the couple put their arms across each other. When he is reading, he sits straight, holding the book with his right hand while having the legs open. When they are meeting, they sit relaxly to listen to the speaker and articulate their ideas with gestures.
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contemplating dating reading meeting a
hug
light
arm
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warm
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I want to design a chair that could make you feel How do you feel love in the world ? You give your love one a big hug You offer someone lights on your hand Friends put arms across each other Light casts a shadow on us These are the ways we feel love.
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deeply hug hand light friends shine a
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arm
human-like
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Observing human skeleton, my design of this chair is inspired by human arms as they move freely and deliver warmth to others.
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ball joints skeleton dummy human joints a
gender
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human-like
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Since this chair is human-like, I create two different models based on gender. Examining human figure and posture, a man’s muscles and skulls are stronger and thicker while a weman’s are lighter and thinner. Also, a man’s pelvis is straight and narrow; a woman’s is circular and wider.
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figure evolution nude gesture a
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MODEL
CONCLUSION Product description Since arm and hand are crucical to human interaction, the chair has a human-like arm and a palm-shaped light built on the top of it. Both arm and hand reflect my concern to humanity. Also, the chair comes with two different models customized for different gender. I name it ‘‘chairer and chairess’’ in order to make you feel more intimate about it.
The direction and the angle of the arm’s
Models of the ball joints
Women’s muscle
Man’s muscle
Palm-shaped light
Man’s model
Male’s pelvis
Function 1. When you sit, you feel like you are embraced by the chair. 2. The hand light illuminate and deliver warmth to you. 3. The chair interacts with you by imitating sitting posture of a human being.
Texture
Lether
Wood
Metal
Female’s pelvis
Woman’s model
3D
RENDERING
DIMENSION
50
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50
95
95
45
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25
DETAIL
Electric construction
Ball joints construction
Arm construction
The electricity is transmit through the steel which is coverd by lether and wood. This is the power of palm-shaped light.
The steel ball joints are strong enough to show diffierent posture.
The arm is made of ball joints and steel bar which is coverd by wood.