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Cardboard Chair
Industrial Design | Rapid Prototyping
The Challenge
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Design a portable cardboard chair with a backrest, that can be disassembled into a complete rectangle of size 48” x 80”, without any gluing materials
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Design Process
Idea #1 A chair that can rotate to transform into a standing desk
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Issues: Required too much internal support to rest on prism edges, which distorted the intended profiles
Idea #2 A chair transforms into a standing desk by raising the seat
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Progress: The seat is very stable due to the two interlocking prisms and tension between the top folds
Issues: Unnecessary material wasted in the backrest, standing desk is just two stacked prisms and doesn't need the backrest board
Experimenting with Idea #2
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Progress: Backrest is more useful now, and there is space to rest one’s legs.
Issues: Table got lost in the process and the lack of modularity makes it less interesting.
Final Idea - A chair with a desk attached in the front and a backrest, all made up of interlocking prisms of different heights
Portability
Cuts and Folds
Unfolded 48" x 80"
Folded and Portable
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