Hello, Archinect! In our last chair post, Prototyping a Place to Sit, we created molds and laminated foam core prototype shells of a variety of Finish wood case study chairs. Taking in our new understandings of ergonomics, profiles, seat dimensions, and discussions of comfort, aesthetics, and...
In our last chair post, Digitizing a Place to Sit, we showed you our initial process of digitizing our 4 Finnish bent wood case-study chairs (we have since uploaded a video to better demonstrate the process). We now take our measured drawings to produce a 1:1 prototype of the shells in...
Of the four classes we are taking in Helsinki, one of them is Furniture Design with Julie Scheu. A product designer, Julie is also in the process of obtaining her masters degree at TaiK, the industrial, fashion, interior, and furniture design department at the Aalto University in...
Demonstration of the digitizer machine by Jennifer Wong, filmed by Alexander Morley.
A new adventure begins as we finish one chapter; we hope to share our story with you. We are current graduate students at Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts.