Project for Second Year, Fashion Trends and Forecasting
Year: 2024
Location: National Institute of Fashion Technology, Hyderabad
Tools: Rhino, Blender, AutoCAD, Adobe Photoshop
The project was completed under the guidance of Prof. PS Srisha, Department of Fashion and Lifestyle Accessories Design
Project Overview:
A design range of three accent chairs was created for SPIN, aimed at transforming traditional views of functional furniture. The concept that form can precede function was explored through playful design and brutalism. Each chair drew inspiration from spatial
puzzles. This approach aimed to redefine accent chairs as interactive pieces, encouraging user engagement and adaptability.
This was done as an academic project for which one of the products had to be developed in the end.
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TETRIS CHAIR
The Tetris Chair is inspired by tetrominoes in geometry that can be attached or stacked on each other to form interesting forms. Tetromino or Tetracubes are figures, which are made of four cubes There are eight possibilities. The Tetracubes are called I, O, L, T, N, tower right, tower left and tripod. If you leave out the 1x4 bar and the 2x2 square and add the V-piece with three cubes, you get the seven Soma cubes.
(a) forming a bathtub
(b) forming a T using Victor Stok's solution
(c) forming a tripod using Darian Jenkin's solution
(1) Examples of using tetracubes to create forms
(2) Sketch of ideation and form generation
(3) (a) mainframe of the Tetris chair, (b), (c), (d), (e) show various combinations of that can be added to change the functionality of the mainframe
(4) Mainframe of the Tetris chair
(5) Various combinations of that can be added to change the functionality of the mainframe
(6) Various combinations of that can be added to change the functionality of the mainframe
(7) The mainframe with all the puzzle pieces
TANGRAM CHAIR
The Tangram Chair is inspired by the Tangram; a dissection puzzle consisting of seven flat polygons, called tans, which are put together to form shapes. The tans can be used to create original minimalist designs that are either appreciated for their inherent aesthetic merits.
(8) The original tangram puzzle (image via Wikipedia, 2024)
(9) Sketch of ideation and form generation
(10) (a) mainframe of the tangram chair, (b) forms generated using tangram puzzles,(5) configurations that can be made to change functionality
(11) Visualisation of the addition of puzzle pieces
(12) Configurations that can be made to change functionality
(13) Configurations that can be made to change functionality
(14) Tangram chair with puzzle pieces
JENGA CHAIR
The Jenga Chair is inspired by Jenga blocks. Jenga is a game of physical skill created by British board game designer and author Leslie Scott and marketed by Hasbro. The name comes from the Swahili word "kujenga" which means 'to build or construct’.
(15) Sketch of ideation and form generation
(16) Visualisation of the addition of puzzle pieces
(17) mainframe of the Jenga chair
(18) Various form generation to change the functionality of the mainframe
(19) Various form generation to change the functionality of the mainframe
JENGA CHAIR
TECHNICAL DRAWINGS
