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Prototyping a Place to Sit
All 4 Finnish Bent Plywood Chairs (Kari 3 by Kari Asikainen for P.O. Korhonen, 1982. Petteri Chair by Olavi Hänninen, 1958. Split Chair by Risto Halme for Asko, 1960.Bird Chair by Yrjö Wiherheimo/Pekka Kojo, 1993.) 1. The wireframe Kari 3 chair in Rhinoceros 3D immediately after digitizing 2. The digital Kari 3 chair in Rhinoceros 3D 3. Jennifer Wong taping sheets of 25mm contour section cuts of the Kari 3 chair 4. Alexander Morley using the wirecutter to cut sections into the 25mm foam 6. Alexander Morley molding the foam core shell 7. Jennifer Wong holding final uncut foam shell of Kari 3 chair 5. Alexander Morley sanding the foam mold 8. Alexander Morley drawing the guidelines for the cyma 9. Jennifer Wong cutting the shell to size 10. Alexander Morley holding the final cut shell of the Kari 3 chair Straight shot of all 4 prototyped chairs! 4 Finnish Designed Bent Plywood Chairs, Photo by Julie Scheu Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License

6. Alexander Morley molding the foam core shell
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6. Alexander Morley molding the foam core shell



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