Chair

Small Scale Basic Model

A small card model of the final chosen chair design, at a 1:4 scale.

These first two images are of a first attempt model with a few dimension slightly out, so it doesn't quite work properly.

The rest of these images are of the model with all dimensions correct and that work.

The size the sheet of acrylic needed is as follows; -

Acrylic sheet size: 3050mm (l) x 390mm (w) x 12mm (t)

Which would cost around £115 - £130 a sheet, plus the small cost of the manufacture.

To make a profit, I would say this chair would have to market at the top end of the targeted priced range given in the brief of £180 - £200 per unit.

Material & Manufacture

The material I have chosen for my chair is sheet acrylic, clear coloured. The chair comes in a range of five colours which are all clear coloured sheet acrylic. The reasoning for this is I feel that it makes the chair feel more modern and unique, with the acrylic being clear coloured you can also see the whole chair from all angles throught the chair itself in some cases. This adds a new sense and experience to the chair, whilst giving it it's own personality.

The processes involved in the manufacture of the chair are only thre simple steps, laser cut, polished and strip heater bending. Firstly the section need to be cut out of the acrylic sheet for the chair, before polishing off the edges of the acrylic to add a cleaner finish to the chair at the end. Once these two things are done the sheet of acrylic can be bent it the places required to shape the chair. Giving you the finish product.