Initial Concept 1

Concept Model

This is a quick model I made to get an idea of form and to see if the idea would actually work. Overall I am pretty happy with the outcome and am confident that if it were to be built full scale it would support the required 150kg. However this model has also made me realise that the construction technique would need to be changed in order to use the specified 1800x1200mm xanita board.

Concept Development

Here are a few pages that i did whilst doing concepts. Very rough work really only to help me understand what I am designing.

Event Evaluation - Design Made Trade Melbourne

Event Evaluation - Salone Satellite Milan

Event Evaluation - 100% Design Tokyo

Below is a video from the 100% Tokyo Design website which showcases the layout of the event


Source :http://www.100percentdesign.jp/english/visual.htm#mov1

Theme Board

Cardboard Chair Videos

Whilst researching cardboard chairs I came across these videos of chairs that someone made. It shows how easily it can be constructed and deconstructed and how sturdy the chair is when constructed.

Esquisse Three - 3D Translations

These are my three solutions to this esquisse. I chose to study a sea shell. Each followed the Fibonacci sequence in some way with each new section getting smaller / larger.

SOLUTION 1
This solution incorporated the Fibonacci sequence as each new layer gets proportionately larger as it goes around.

SOLUTION 2

SOLUTION 3

This is by far my favorite solution. Inspired from the textures on shells this solution spirals around and around. Again it incorporates the Fibonacci sequence as each new layer in the spiral gets smaller.

Xanita Board Experiment

This is the result I ended up with in by Xanita Board Experiment. The aim of the experiment was to create a box 60x60x60mm. The difficulties encountered when using this material included cutting due to its thickness, the correct measurements on all sides, and cutting the right depths to get the correct bends needed.

The images above show the final box, both in perspective and top view as well as a flat pack image.

Esquisse Two - ‘Locking Systems’

This is the final concept I came up with for this esquisse.
- Used 250 GSM card then folded it over to give it double the strength.
- Created 14 ‘Zig-Zag’ pieces which slotted into each other.
- Overall shape ended up looking honeycomb like where each point provides a pressure point of some description.

OUTCOME: SUCCESSFUL

Esquisse One - Sphere

Esquisse One - 5 Sided Pyramid

Esquisse One - Box

Construction details have been included in the image.

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