Renata Souza Luque Parsons The New School for Design
Spring, 2015 Andrea Ruggiero table of contents
1. Project Statement ...... 4
2. Market Research and Opportunities ...... 5-7
3. Inspiration board...... 8, 9
4. Initial Sketches ...... 10, 11
5. 3D Models...... 12
6. Full Scale mockups...... 13, 14
7. Quarter Scale final design...... 15
8. Technical Drawings ...... 16
9. Final Product Rendering...... 17
10. Process of Final Model...... 18, 19
11. Final Appearance Model...... 20, 21
3 is a dinning chair for casual eating. Its seat to back angle allows for the user to lean back and feel relaxed. Its color is meant to enhace its three dimesnionality as well as adding character.
4 market research and opporunities
Clutch Smoke dinning chair
DESIGNER: John Christakos, Charles Lazor, and Mau- rice Blanks MATERIALS & FINISHES: • Smoke, White Oak: Solid stained ash/white oak wood legs • Plywood seat with red-painted ash wood legs • Plywood seat with ash or oak wood veneer • Upholstered and padded bent plywood seat back • 100% polyester fabric
DIMENSIONS: 29.5h /21w / 20d SEAT/BACK ANGLE: 95°
Eames molded plywood chair/ lcw
DESIGNER: Charles and Ray Eames MATERIALS & FINISHES: • Molded 5-ply seat and back • 8-ply legs and back brace • Rubber shock mounts; • Wood Veneer Finish: natural ash, cherry, walnut or santos palisander faceveneer, or ash veneer painted red or ebony.
DIMENSIONS: 26.5h /22w / 24.25d SEAT/BACK ANGLE: 110° 5 Prouve Standard SP Chair
DESIGNER: Jean Prouve STORE: Design Within Reach MATERIALS & FINISHES: • Molded sheet steel and tubular steel frame with powder-coated finish • ASA plastic seat and back • Plastic floor glides.
DIMENSIONS: 32 h / 16.5 w / 20 d SEAT/BACK ANGLE: 100°
Bac
DESIGNER: Jasper Morrison STORE: Capellini MATERIALS & FINISHES: • Ash structure, white-stained, wenge-stained or cherry red color aniline • Seat in ash or white, brown/bordeaux, grey/light blue, black linoleum (back surface always in ash) or upholstered in fabric or leather
DIMENSIONS: 28.75 h / 20.18 w / 20.75 d SEAT/BACK ANGLE: 105°
6 Cherner armchair
DESIGNER: Norman Cherner STORE: Design Within Reach MATERIALS & FINISHES: • European beech wood core • Laminated plywood • Walnut veneer • Solid beech wood arms with walnut stain.
DIMENSIONS: 31.5 h / 26.5 w / 21.5 d SEAT/BACK ANGLE: 95°
Cherner side chair
DESIGNER: Norman Cherner STORE: Design Within Reach MATERIALS & FINISHES: • European beech wood core • Laminated plywood • Walnut veneer
DIMENSIONS: 31.5 h / 18.5 w / 21.5 d SEAT/BACK ANGLE: 95°
7 inspiration board
8 9 initial sketches
10 11 3 dimensional sketches
12 full scale mockups
1.
2. Shorter and wider legs.
13 3. Shorter legs and curved (seat - back) edges. Addition of a lower back curve to increase comfort in the lower back.
4. Ajusted curve in both the seat and back to increase comfort. Modification of the legs to strengthen the overall structure of the chair.
14 final design 1/4 scale
Joint added for strength and stability.
15 technical drawings
TOP VIEW
13”
30”
16”
BACK VIEW FRONT VIEW SIDE VIEW
20”
10”
16”
BOTTOM VIEW RENATA SOUZA LUQUE PLYWOOD CHAIR SCALE: 1:4 UNITS: INCHES 16 final rendering
17 process of final model
18 19 final appearance model
20 21 22