esquisse no. 2

A piece of internal criss cross locking system.

Additional supporting system that could be
placed on top of the internal locking system.

"understanding form"

As furniture designers it is important to develop basic understanding of contemporary form. Many architects today use triangulation to achieve the complex geometry that is driven by computer aided design.

Using only the 10mm x-board craft (no glue or fixings) construct:


· A five sided pyramid 100mm x 100mm x 100m
· Calculate the correct geometry to ensure it remains within these dimensions.
· Consider the flat pattern of the pyramid and angles to cut.

It took a little longer than I wanted to in order to start off this project. Due to memory loss in mathematics. It really has been a while since I have utilized geometry... since middle school?!

So to start off we only had dimensions for the height and the width of the pyramid, 100mm x 100mm. Pythagorean theorem, a² + b² = c², was used to unreveal the mystery of the length of a triangle.

Process:

a² + b² = c²
a²= 5² + 10²
= 25 + 100
= 125

a = 11.18...

so now 11.8 is used in the second formula as a hypotenuse:

a²= 5² + 11.18²
= 25 + 124.9924
= 149.99924

a= 12.25

so the length of the legs of the triangle are 125mm x 125mm x 100mm.

There were many angle cuts to be done in order to close the pyramid successfully; which were extremely time consuming. It is always hard to get a clean angle cut.

I kept angle cutting in order to get the right angle at the base of the pyramid with my first trial x-anita board, that I have created a hole! I will really need to stock up on sharp Stanley knives for my final furniture project.

Second try, I think I cut the edges of the triangles of the pyramid a little too much that it created a gap when I closed it. Nevertheless the cross locking system that I've applied seems to be working quite nicely so I'm quite content with it.

Importance of maths were reinforced during this project, and I am sure there are more to come throughout the semester...

esquisse no. 1

"understanding form + geometry"

This project aims to develop understanding of xanita board materiality and to learn the process in creating a form with this unfamiliar material.

Using only 250 gsm card (no glue or fixings) construct :

· Cube (100 x 100 x 100mm)

First attempt went extremely well until the dove locking system... Taking whooping 1hour to complete. Finally got it right at second attempt in 20 min!