INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER
Michael Fellman
Student Project
Furniture Design
Fall 2018
Cantilever Chair
Role
Student
Credits
Lauren McDermott (Professor)
Tools Used
Solidworks, Keyshot, ProCreate, Illutrator, Photoshop
About
I completed this project for my furniture design class in the fall of 2018, the goal was to create a piece of furniture using only sheet-goods. I was inspired by Gerrit Rietveld’s abstraction of furniture and angular forms used on the zig-zag chair.
Rietveld described his chair as a “designer joke” and mine is similar. It appears fragile but is actually quite robust with interesting angles from all sides.
INSPIRATION
I was inspired largely by Gerrit Reitveld and Donald Judd, I wanted to incorporate sharp angles, geometric forms, creative uses of planes, and abstraction of furniture.
IDEATION
PROTOTYPING & TESTING
I made several prototypes to test the overall dimensions and angles, as well as the durability of the cantilever.
MAKING THE CHAIR
Cutting to size/angle.
Dry fit.
Support pieces.
First round of gluing.
Spring clamps.
Brackets for clamping.
Adding the support pieces.
Surface finishing.