Introduction

The Internet Resources

Design Briefs and Technical Reports

• Project 1: Cardboard Chair from my Tech Ed class - Project one in Tech Ed at Quincy High School is to manufacture a cardboard chair. Making the chair was only one part of the project.

• Cardboard Chair Project - One of my favorite projects of the year was designing and building a cardboard chair, using nothing more than four 8' by 4' sheets of corrugated cardboard and exacto blades....no adhesives!

• Project 1 The Cardboard chair - Project 1 The Cardboard chair Exploration of the Space in my Room Exploration of the Space in my Clients Room Exploration of the Ideas for Product Design Construction of Prototype Specifications

Professional / Artistic Examples

• Frank Gehry Furniture Designs - For his first designs, Easy Edges (1969–73), Gehry favored the simplicity of corrugated cardboard, a material frequently employed in his architectural models. After discovering that single sheets of cardboard gained exponential strength when layered, he began to manipulate the simple material into graceful, curvilinear chairs and tables.

• Cardboard Furniture - Give your friends this unique sitting experience. Good start for any conversation

• Welcome to Cardboard Chair - for beautiful and comfortable functional art - Why cardboard? Besides being beautiful and comfortable, our chairs are made in the USA from environmentally friendly materiels using a minimal-impact production process with no harmful industrial waste. All our products are manufactured, sold and shipped from Cardboardchair.com, part of family-owned Levy Design and Manufacturing, LLC out of Chapel Hill, NC, located just outside the heart of the furniture manufacturing industry. Our mission is to make and sell the highest quality modern furniture at affordable prices. Our cardboard chair and cardboard rocking chaise are beautiful and comfortable pieces of functional art.

Student Examples

• Cardboard chair 1994, Andrews High School - Cardboard is a surprising material for building furniture, however a number of designers have found its lightness, strength, warmth and environmental benefits very attractive

• Examples of Functional Cardboard Chairs - Design and construct a chair made from cardboard which is functional and exhibits a strong design aesthetic. Each chair supports body weight.

• College Of Architecture 2003 Design Discovery - Examples of cardboard chairs...