Cover
MAMA AMEKA MAISHA YOTE KATIKA KUTUNZA
“A mother spends her whole life caring for others.”
2026S Design a Chair
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Tutorial 16. june
Next steps:
- Cover the Chair
- Install the Structure
- Roof
- complete last modules
- Pole – seat connection
- Rendering of how it could be placed
- After Presentation: Plaster the floor
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Tutorial 16.06.2026
Construction
5 components
- Back rest Husse
2. Back rest pillows
3. Seat Husse
4. Seat pillows
5. Armrests
Print
making our sofa construction still feel connected to the park bench itself
We covered one of the benches in Stadtpark with paper and attached some markers so that people could tag and interact with the bench/ the cover as they liked
Through this process we got some interesting insight on what people communicate when they get the opportunity to say what they want on a surface in a public space. Some people wrote political slogans, their snapchats, a sentence in their native language to mention some.
Not only people leave traces on park benches but also animals. That is why we also included some species of birds that live in the park.
Project title
- cover me
- Benchmark
- Benchwear
- Bench coutore
- Ornament of use
final steps
- finish the Sofa
- make people interact (Video)
- Website?
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REDACTOR
Shape
- Open like a book/mouth
- Triangular form — aggressive, unstable, squeezing
- Size — (1,60m x 0,5m) x2 — 50° Angle
Seat
- Tilted and squeezed
- Riffles/ridges for more discomfort
- Angle approx. 50°
Blocker / Redaction Element
- Adjustable from outside
- Who decides?
- Exclusion in text — chair embodies exclusion as a concept
Chair Dynamics
- Chair is pushing out / away
- The sitter is being rejected pushed out by tilted seat !
View from Inside
- Blocked -Not blocked
Who gets to decide what should be hidden?
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tutorials 16.06
our progress
- all missing parts are coming today, so we can start assembling tomorrow
- code works in general, some tweaks will have to be made once it has its fixed spot on the chair
- demonstration:
chair sewing pattern:
- we made a bunch of iterations and prototypes in paper
- looked at different joining methods with our rods
- debated aspects and forms we like
- looked at how fabric behaves when folded, and how it should look like
- came to a sewing pattern
what we would like to have feedback on:
- the name of our project
- what aspect we should spotlight in our storytelling
next up:
- bending the rods
- assembling the steel parts, welding
- finish the programming
- fix motor& sensors on the chair to start testing
- make a 1:1 chair fabric prototype and test
- make final chair fabric
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Tutorial Team 6, 16.06
by Julia, Luz & Amelie
Last Feedback: GO GO GO!
our translation…
We Set on A Title:
“Tête-à-Tête”
… literally translates to “head-to-head” & refers to an intimate, private conversation between two people, which happens while sitting face-to-face.
We Finished Up last Measurement Adjustments:
… purchased the material & started building:
& purchased Fabric for the Cushioning Process:
(bottom & top joining explanation:)
What’s Next:
Finish Welding, Sanding & Polishing!
Create Cushions
Decide on Adding Fringes
Chat with Hackenschmidt
Screw it together!
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“Backspace”
Feedback 09.06.26
Shape of front legs changed to follow the rest of the chair
Templates for router:
Manufacturing Steps
Next up:
last hardware store visit
Rough cutting in Workshop on friday
Finished shapes and assembly during following week
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size – 21 × 29,7 cm
wooden or concrete block ?- heavy
example text – protruding bars ->make sitting experience uncomfortable
bars – different hight- creates levels ( the more important the redacted word – the higher the bar)?
by sitting – crouched body position – expresses feelings -> uncomfortable ,sad, powerless,Insecurity, need for protection, submission, or shame
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Slightly uneven
without text – too obvious ?
Block more like stool?-
finding a fitting text
choose wood or concrete ?
