In my second sketch idea I wanted to incorporate a new design involving; different print, different texture and materials. The beneath pictures show clearly from where my inspiration was deprived from. 

In the design I created, I wanted to incorporate the shapes Wassily had drew onto the chair's shape itself and make use of other patterns he had drawn in his own drawing. I also used wood instead of metal, drawing its texture and incorporating a colourful wave print on it.

Sketch/ Design created

I will be proceeding by sketching other interesting design's, leading me to my final product. Doing so, I will be able to finalize my research and create a bozzetto. 

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Designing a chair is seen as challenge as many precautions are to be taken such as; the ideal size, material, appropriate design etc. For one to construct a successful chair it has to be strong enough  to support the weight of an individual whilst being comfortable enough to sit in for hours as well as looking ascetically pleasing from every angle. 

I am to begin constructing on my ideas by sketching them roughly, once I have produced such sketches I am to finalize them by drawing my chosen, final idea on an A3 paper. From such a drawing, I can then create a bozzetto where I would be able to give the viewer a rough idea of the design in a 3D form.

Chair sketches found online 

http://rsreed.com/PortfolioID_QuickSketch4.htm

A video was found on YouTube, showing the exact process one is to undertake to design a 3D chair. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXZP85JVpk8

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Inspired from the beneath products my main goal was to  design and create a chair by combining all researched products together, that is; print/ design and an efficient yet simple chair model. 

Design created 

Three metallic tubes are drawn, acting as the chairs legs inspired by Bauhaus simple, economical forms. 

Combining such bright colours, multiple modern, linear shapes and forms I was able to incorporate the bright red colour seen in the movie the four feathers and Wassily Kandisky forms and shapes I had previously studied.

The above design was created for me to improve and experiment even further on my ideas. I will continue to sketch and study further models until I am satisfied with my design which will then act as my final product.  

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Throughout the past few months I was asked to conduct research regarding design, art and film. Many topics during class struck me which lead me to conduct further research and to commence writing on my new blog regarding; The Four Feathers (Film), Bauhaus (Design), The Young Sailor (Art), Consumer's Rest (Design, Wassily Chair (Design) and an abstract painting of Wassily Kandisky (Art).

Whilst conducting my research I commenced brain storming about all the topics I have previously spoken about, all influencing me in many ways though their modern shapes, colours and textures. The utter concept I came up with involves the creation and development of my own modern, contemporary, state of the art chair. By combining all my privies studies such as; the bright red colours, multiple modern, linear shapes and forms I would be bale to create an extraordinary futuristic suitable metallic comfortable chair. 

By studying, sketching and contouring various shapes I will be proving and implementing my various influences I have researched upon in my own product. 

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Design: 1983

Production: since 1984

Manufacturer: Stiletto Studios, Berlin

Size; 94 x 73.5 x 76; seat height 45 cms

Material: Varnished steel, plastic

Stiletto, inspired by every day's merchandise managed to transformed the above object, reinterpreting it into a functional chair, serving as a new purpose. 

Stiletto, a designer was previously involved in other new designs and other vast arts since 1981, coating himself: "They are to have a lucid structure, fulfill their intended function in terms of length by width by height, be industrially sound, stable, and solid, serially produced. I can meet these conditions most easily when I use containers taken from the everyday consumer cycle as my starting material..... Redesign here has less to do with recycling and more with rebirth. The design is about soul and character, not 'packaging design'."

Making use of simple and available materials found in different departments such as; supermarkets and junk yards enabled Stiletto to experiment and transform the object into an original art work, allowing him to implement his idea in a 3D form. 

Reshaping a shopping cart allowed Stiletto also to test vast materials in various ways by, spraying the cart using different tones of colour. He also made use of soft and thick foil. 

Bibliography

Anon., n.d. Consumer's RestStiletto. [Online]
Available at: http://www.design-museum.de/en/collection/100-masterpieces/detailseiten/consumers-rest-stiletto.html
[Accessed 14 November 2012].

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Alessandro Mendini

Wassily Chair

Studio Alchimia

Italy, 1978

Chrome - plated steel, leather

34 w by 25.5 d and 33 h

Mendini's works originated from redesigning renowned furniture pieces by former designers by including various ornamental details such as; different colours and textures, managing to accomplish vast decorative aspects. Alessandro Mendini wanted to redecorate the modern Wassily chair for Studio Alchimia, of which Marcel Breuer had originally created. He accomplished such a task by transforming it an innovative way by  using leader, creating a smug effect and implementing the military pattern into the piece of furniture. Doing so, Mendini managed to create an innovative design, modernising the era of the 1970's in Italy. 

Bibliography

Designophy, 2001-2010. Alessandro Mendini. [Online] 

Available at: http://www.designophy.com/designpedia/design-designer-1000000016-alessandro-mendini.htm

[Accessed 14 November 2012].

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