Vitruvian Man drawings:
Wire figure and plastiilina clay figure:
Sketch of the chair based on the proportion:
Illustrator chair and stool template for laser cutting:
Paper 3D model of chair:
Paper 3D model of stool:
Laser cutted chipboard to be laminated:
Final model of chair:
Final model of stool:
Orthographic drawings:
Reflection:
We started this project by studying the proportion of the human body by drawing the Vitruvian Man. It was surprising to see how the human body fits into the grid that we created using compass and ruler. Learning about how certain parts of the body is proportional to other parts was cool to see. We used the proportion of the Vitruvian Man to create figure out of wire, then used plastilina clay on wire to create the figure in different poses. The figures we made were 6 ft tall and it was made to scale of 1 1/2 inch = 1ft. We also made paper model of the figure that we can use to start sketching out different chairs that fits the body.
As I started sketching different chairs, I was more drawn to simple, geometric shapes. When I saw the examples of laminated cardboard chair, I knew that was the process that I wanted to do for my chair. Instead of having one big block of chair, I wanted it to have more layers in it. So I created different designed under the chair, where you can see depth from the side. Both the chair and stool from the side fits into the square root of 2 ratio box, which is one of the proportions that we see in furniture. I drew the different layers of the chair in illustrator and laser cut them out on chipboard. Then I took individually cut pieces, and glued them together. In order to figure out the width of the chair and stool, I measured actual chairs and stool then scaled it down to fit the figure that we created.
After creating my final models, I worked on doing the orthographic drawing of the chair and stool. I used illustrator to create mine, since I already had the template of the chair already made. Then for isometric view, I used SketchUp to create 3D model of my chair and stool digitally. It was difficult to use the program at first but the final model came out the way I wanted. At the end, I shaped the clay figure to sit on my chairs and it was really nice to see how the chair and stool proportionally fit the figure.
