dream it. craft it.

After scribbling through countless amounts of BIC pens, multiple cardboard mockups, and many late nights, I finally landed on the final form that checked all the boxes. Unfortunately, sometimes when you think you might have gotten a design just right, everything falls apart. After making the final steel base of the chair I truly began to understand the value of physics in furniture. I discovered the back legs did not splay far enough away from the center of gravity which ultimately tipped the chair backward with a little push and compromised the flexible steel spine. In this process, I learned a very important lesson. As a designer, you must always expect the unexpected, plan for everything to go wrong and embrace that no design is ever truly perfect. Post-graduation, I took advantage of my workplace’s in-house metal fabrication shop, fixed the tilt, and added some cushions. This chair now resides in my living room as my cat’s main point of napping - as the days pass, I’m constantly reminded by this invaluable lesson and apply the philosophy of constant improvement to all of my designs.