Team 4

a walkthrough of our building process

good news to start with

meeting with Dieroff was really successful

preparing the metal frame

flexing off the unnecessary stuff

planning the panels

will the panels fit into our frame?

dumpster-diving for cardboard…

…so we could continue…

building more models

to see if the panels fit and to figure out the five star base

(ai – visualization of five star base)

finished cardboard model

rhino sketches

working with the shaper

working on the metal frame

kitting, flexing, cleaning

cutting out panels with the jigsaw

what it looks like now

Logos

tilting mechanism

too hard to do for us (in the remaining time given)

possibly doable but would take a lot of time we might not have

most doable option – decorative wood elements

colours

the palette

Next steps

• wood-workshop appointment on friday
• painting an varnishing
• clamp the rattern into the panels
• assembling
• fotoshoot and finals preperations

feedback

please give us feedback on the tilting mechanism, colours and the logos 🙂

sketches panel placement + shapes

inspiration photos

AI visualizations

shape of panels – tryouts

2nd session: keep the metal frame as it is!

cleaning metal frame

Sketches: Arm Rests + 5-star Base (wood)

Talk Matthias

• polyester filler for metal frame
• tilting mechanism (fake wood or 3d printed)

Next Steps

• Wood Workshop: panels 3rd June
• Meeting with Dieroff: 29th May

• Figure out 5-star base (sketches + try outs)
• Figure out design of tilting mechanism cover

disassembling of gaming chair

sketches panel placement + shapes

metal frame

panel tryouts

updated mood board

preparing for welding

AI visualizations

questions:

• arm rests
• tilting mechanism
• color -> black frame + …?

We want to explore how traditional (basket) weaving techniques can be reclaimed by applying them to a gaming chair as a contemporary use case, positioning tradition within contemporary digital youth culture.

WHAT MAKES A GAMING CHAIR A GAMING CHAIR?

SKETCHES

PLAN BIS DESIGN FREEZE

• mehr sketches
• material test

recap of midterms – questions

meetings during easter break

try outs

childhood as material

viennese locations as chairs

viennese coffee chairs used differently

where we are at now

austrian craftmansip – our ancestors furniture

-> Can traditional crafting techniques be understood as a form of design knowledge?

-> What happens when we translate these methods into contemporary contexts or materials?

-> And can a chair become a way to connect stories, place, and inherited ways of making?

traditional austrian crafts

sketches

This project explores material culture, local identity, and inherited ways of making through the design of a chair.

We want to do this looking at traditional austrian crafts, without putting focus on nostalgia, or glorifying traditions, as some (right-wing) politicians do but rather in the opposite way.

next steps

• furniture scouting (IKEA, möbelmuseum)
• trying traditional crafts ourselves -> material experiments
• where do we place our chair? is it for one person or several people? and what kind of chair even is it?

new idea: hyperlocal design classic