Tessellations Design Sprint
March 14, 2024
Throne for Two
Design Sprint
You will design something to sit upon that can accommodate two or more people.
Think about the interactions between the people using your furniture: does it promote conversation, debate, play, collaboration?
THE CHALLENGE
What types of things do you use to sit?
10 mins
There are many ways to sit
Ex. low to the ground, high up, bean bags, stools, folding chair, etc.
Precedent Research
Individually:
Have a look at the examples found at the end of this presentation and research your own compilation of inspirational images.
10 mins
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20 mins
1.
In groups:
Share your findings and note down what design details you find inspiring and want to bring into your project.
Think about how two or more people would use these pieces of furniture, and what dynamics and interactions would be created in its use.
Individually:
Create a list of 10 different ideas of furniture that can accommodate 2 or more people and inspire them to interact in a certain way. You can use sketches too!
Remember to pull different features from the items you researched.
In groups:
Share your ideas/sketches and identify the elements of each that you all find exciting and compelling.
Together, create three new sketches that combine your ideas.
Brainstorming
2.
20 mins
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10 mins
1 - ENCOURAGE WILD IDEAS
2 - SUSPEND JUDGMENT
4 - BUILD ON IDEAS
5 - BE VISUAL
3 - GO FOR QUANTITY
Wild ideas can often give rise to creative leaps.
Don’t shoot down someone else’s idea.
Aim for as many ideas as possible.
Build and expand on the ideas of others.
Sketch your ideas.
SKETCH MODELS
ITERATIVE PROTOTYPING
FULL-SCALE PROTOTYPING
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STAGES OF PROTOTYPING
In groups:
Now it's time to start prototyping small scaled versions of your three sketches.
These will not look finalized and are supposed to be sketchy!
Quick Prototyping
3.
30 mins
Use materials such as paper, tape, and cardboard.
After completing your prototypes, share with your team and give each other feedback.
After discussing, choose one concept to bring into human scale. It might be you combine two concepts to one!
Start thinking about what building mechanisms you will choose.
Go to the Resources Tab and start researching about different ways to use cardboard and ideas on how to construct your project.You can do your own research as well!
Sketch and write out some ideas that you find!
Cardboard and Construction
4.
10 mins
Creating the desired shape by cutting multiple layers of cardboard and gluing them one on top of the other.
Creating furniture by folding cardboard into desired shape (think origami), achieving structure by folding triangular shapes.
Combining both structural grid with a cardboard envelope.
Stacking:
Folding:
Hybrid:
( + ) Very easy to plan and works great with organic shapes
( - ) Uses lots of material therefore heavy and is time consuming
( + ) very appealing and one can achieve high level of sophistication in the design
( - ) May need larger sheets of cardboard
( + ) This method is very easy to plan and design, doesn't take too much material, and produces light pieces of furniture.
( - ) it works better for simple geometric shapes, but doesn't work that great for curved shapes
https://www.growingupcreative.net/2014/10/cardboard-furniture-techniques-how-to-achieve-strength.html
Break!
In groups:
Draw different angles of your design using estimated measurements.
Include sketches of the different parts of the design that you will cut out from cardboard.
See below for examples:
Detail Drawing
5.
15 mins
Using similar materials from your quick prototypes, build your human-scale prototype!
This time, be more thoughtful on your construction techniques with cutting and assembling.
Remember: how people interact in your chair is the most important aspect of your concept!
Extra Challenge!
We will test your furniture by having your peers sit on them!
Human-Scale Prototyping
6.
75 mins
Collect all your sketches, quick prototype, and human-scale prototype for your peers to see.
We will do a quick walk around to see what our peers have created.
There will be three rounds. Each round one person stays with their project while the other two walk around the space to observe and test other chairs.
Each student will have post-it notes to write their feedback and leave for the group to read.
Sharing & Testing
7.
15 mins
End of Challenge!
Inspiring Projects
LINK
Purpose:
Through this design exploration, students will delve into the creative possibilities of dual-seating solutions thinking about human interaction (does it promote conversation, debate, play, collaboration?) while honing their prototyping skills.
Competencies:
Collaboration, Concept Development, Iteration, Prototyping, Project Management, Empathy
Materials:
Cardboard sheets, paper, cardstock paper
Tape, hot glue gun, fasteners, zip ties
Box cutters, scissors
Post-it notes (for brainstorming and feedback)
Final Deliverable:
A piece of furniture designed for human interaction between 2 or more people using cardboard and other lo-fi materials.