Setting the Scene...

Salone Satellite

Exhibiting students

Propose a reading area

Exhibitors can display Folio Books, Brochures, Posters and Business Cards to showcase their talent and maximise opportunities

Salone Satellite

Reading Chair for Salone Satellite:

Reading area at Salone Satellite:

My Chair!

Surface Graphic

I chose to use the moon (Earth's satellite) to represent the Salone Satellite design event as a graphic on my chair:

http://www.unm.edu/~abqtom/images/Moon/Moon11-19-02b.jpg

http://images.suite101.com/211797_crescentmoon.jpg

Brand Ready and Customisable

Chair Assembly

First, assemble the backrest:

The back rest is made up of a loop and 2 ribs:

Then you assemble the main body:

The back rest is inserted into the hole in the main piece:

Fold in the bottom flaps an that's all there is:

Making Progress.

I've tried to keep wastage down to a minimum and I think I dit pretty well. i only ended up with a few offcut scraps. no major wastage areas:

Get to Work!

Here's my kit for making my chair!

experimenting with xanita

My design relies highly on ribs slotting in to an outer 'loop' or 'skin'.

Here's an experiment where i've made a slot for a rib to fit into a curved section:

I though the stripped section on the curve looked a bit weak so here is an alternative method:

I also thought i'd see how tight a blind tabbing system could be:

This tab fit rather tight and i think it would be a good joining method.

Graphic!

Here's an experiment with a graphic in Xanita but i'm still not sure if i'll use this method or a spray on stencil or something else.

Joining Method

Ok i've had this idea for the joining method all along but now i've finally made a test:

After making the test i found that the large thin sections are too flimsy and here is my progression page in my book:

Concept Progression

After talking with Justin I've shortened the back rest and changed the supporting ribs. The side panels now go all the way across and there are two extra ribs in the middle.

Here's the new 1:1 mockup with the shorter back and new side panels.

1:1 Mock-Up!

Here is my 1:1 mock-up!