Grad School Project

Contemporary Furniture Design

Critic: Katrin Mueller-Russo

Spring 2012

Beginning with an intuitive styrene model, the design was eventually translated materially into fiberglass rope. The fabrication process used an integrated threading technique by means of a jig assembly that enabled the chair to be created in tension. In this, the chair is a synchronic snapshot of tension, for when the jig was removed after the resin cured, the product was freestanding.

The final prototype is both lightweight and extremely strong, despite a fragile aesthetic. It weighs roughly 3.2 lbs. and has supported a man weighing 205 lbs. The chair was featured on Ten Top Images on Archinect’s “Student Work” Pinterest board and was part of the May 2012 ICFF annex show at Model Citizens, NYC.