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Prototype Chair<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The chair is ubiquitous and often mundane, yet offers a persistently interesting design problem that allows for virtually infinite resolutions. This project aims to develop a chair from the central idea of bending plywood, exploring the process through precedent study, modeling and prototyping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This chair is conceived as two material systems which are structurally dependent on each other to form the final product: the seat as a curved plywood sheet and the undercarriage as a traditional solid wood assembly. The molded plywood shell chairs by the Eameses, Alvar Aalto, Jean Prouv\u00e9, and others were primary formal inspirations. However, due to a lack of access to the machines necessary for the molding process, kerf bending was adopted as an alternative. This process modifies an existing flat sheet of plywood by cutting a series of saw kerfs into it which allow it to take on curves. Learning this technique became the crux of the project and consumed the majority of prototyping time.<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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