STUDIES IN FORM

ASSIGNMENT-2

MATERIAL EXPLORATION THROUGH

MODEL MAKING FOR INNOVATIVE DESIGN

SUBMITTED BY:
SARANG PRAMOD HOLEY 1
M.DES- IINDSEM, PIADS.
 DESIGN PROBLEM
THIS ACADEMIC EXERCISE INVOLVES DEVELOPMENT OF A ROCKING
CHAIR BY SELECTING A NONCONVENTIONAL MATERIAL IN THE FIELD OF
FURNITURE AND USING IT IN AN INNOVATIVE MANNER TO CREATE A
DYNAMIC STRUCTURE THAT CAN STAND THE WEIGHT OF A PERSON.
THE CHAIR MUST BE WITH SIMPLE TECHNOLOGIES, IT MUST ACHIEVE A
RESISTANT AND LIGHT STRUCTURE, IT SHOULD BE ERGONOMIC, AND A
FINAL PROTOTYPE WITH A DIFFERENTIATING ELEMENT SHOULD BE
POSSIBLE.
MATERIAL SELECTION
CARDBOARD IS A MATERIAL WHICH HAS BEEN THOUGHT AS A
DISPOSABLE MATERIAL, HAVING SHORT LIFE WITH POOR STRUCTURAL
PROPERTIES BY MANY. BUT IN REALITY IT CAN BE USED FOR VARIOUS
DIFFERENT PURPOSES WITH EXTENDED LIFETIME IF DESIGNED
PROPERLY. ALSO IN TODAY’S WORLD WHERE ENVIRONMENT AND
SUSTAINABILITY IS A MAJOR CONCERN USE OF WASTE CARDBOARD
NEEDS TO BE PROMOTED.

METHODOLOGY

INTRODUCTION
Material selection
CORRUGATEDCARDBOARD CARDBOARD PIPE

Transforming Material

Sketch & Design

INTRODUCTION
Building Scaled Model

CORRUGATED CARDBOARD IS WEEK WHEN LOADED HORIZONTALLY

BUT SUPRISINGLY SHOWS HIGH STRENGTH WHEN LOADED VERICALLY
Technical Drawings & Details 2
(EDGE STRENGTH IS HEIGH).
CONCEPT UAL DEVELOPMENT

CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT
DESIGN STARTED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF SIDE PROFILE OF
VERICLE SUPPORT TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE
ERGONOMICS OF ROCKING CHAIR.
o SEATING ANGLE – 10 DEGREE
o BACK REST ANGLE – 20 DEGREE

3
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT

THE PROCESS OF MAKING A ROCKING CHAIR WITH CARDBOARD

INVOLVES FOLLOWING STEPS.
DETAILAT“A”
o MARKING VERICLE SUPPORT PROFILE
o MARKING HOLES TO RECEIVE THE CARDBOARD TUBES.
o ASSEMBLING THE VERTICLE SUPPORTS AND CARDBOARD

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
TUBES.

DETAILAT“A”

STEP-3
FIXINGCARBOARD
TUBESINVERICLE
STEP-2
SUPPORTS
CUTTINGHOLESFOR
HORIZONTAL
STEP-1 SUPPORTS
CUTTINGVERTICLE
PROFILE

DESIGN LACUNAS IN THIS MODEL

o THERE WAS NO HEAD REST
o THERE WAS NO HAND REST. STEP-4
COMPLETELY
4
ASSEMBLEDCHAIR
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
ADJUSTABLE HEAD REST HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO SUITE
REQUIREMENTS OF VARIOUS DIFFERENT INDIVIDUALS WITH
VARYING HEIGHTS. THE HEAD REST MODULE CAN BE ROTATED TO
ADJUST THE SUPPORT HEIGHT.
HANDREST HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO RECEIVE THE ELBOW IN SUCH A
WAY THAT THERE IS NO STRAIN ON THE USER SHOULDERS.

DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
DETAILS OFHEAD REST

ADJUSTABLE HEAD REST

HANDREST MODULE

HANDREST MODULE
6

CAD DRAWINGS
 ADJUSTABLE HEAD REST
PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT
o CARDBOARD FROM VARIOUS RETAIL STORES AND CARDBOARD
TUBES FROM VARIOUS PLOTTERS HAS BEEN COLLECTED.
o VERTICLE SUPPORTS HAS BEEN MADE FROM CARDBOARD
LAYERS COMBINED TOGEATHER WITH FEVICOL IN THREE
LAYERS.
o HOLES WERE CUT TO RECEIVE THE HORIZONTAL CARDBOARD
PIPES.

CARDBOARD TUBES

CARDBOARD TUBES

PROTOTYPE
FIXED HEADREST