This is a 5-day collaboration project of a cardboard chair. We were divided into groups of 2 and asked to make a chair out of no more than two sheets of cardboard (48" x 96"). Ebube and I decided to design the chair for a casual lounge setting. By exploring the possibilities of sitting positions, we finalized on a design which allows a rocking motion and a close distance to the ground.
Ebube and I worked very closely on the design and construction of the chair. Check out his Behance page! https://www.behance.net/ebaymku4574
As seen below in the small scale model, the body of the chair is made up of two parts, the skin(green) and the structure(red). The skin has slits cut into them, and the structure weaves through the skin, creating triangles which are strong enough to hold the curved shape of the chair. Both the skin and the structure in the small scale model are single pieces of continuous cardboard. Tape had to be applied on the life-sized chair because the required length of cardboard is longer than is provided on the cardboard sheets.
In order to reinforce the structure, pieces of cardboard are folded into triangular inserts that go in each of the spaces below the chair.
In use
