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Industrial Designer
Almaz Stool
Sophie Dukes | Alex Munro | Zach Kennedy
Clarity of Form
the team wanted to design something with clarity of form, creating a sense of elegance and desire to openly display the stool
Repeatable Process
since a set of stools were to be created, the building and assembly had to be time efficient and repretitive
Disk Seat
several stools use the idea of a separate seat and base through material or form, and one of our goals was to avoid this stereotype in the design
coming from the concept of a hexagonal form, this simple folded paper model became the starting point of the final concept
having a modular leg system would allow easier assembly of 3 stools
would be a large footprint if at a typical stool height
interested in doing something a little quirky
A Full Scale Model and Testing
the seat's thickness was determined by the goal of cantilevering it, and the size gap was tested for comfort
to emphasize the form, visible evidence of hardware on the outside was avoided
to avoid the concept of a disk on a base and to emphasize the construction technique, a gap was incorporated into the seat
the strength of the spacers was tested along with the seat gap sizes
the seat's thickness was determined by the goal of cantilevering it, and the size gap was tested for comfort
Assembly
Folding and Powder Coating
sheet metal was cut, folded, and painted
Attachment of Wood Seats
long wood screws were used to support the seat pieces with the heads of the screws hidden in the top row of spacers
Planing for Full Assembly
to ease the assembly process, two-part spacers with metal rods were used to guide the pieces together
the spacers located at the top had reliefs on the backside to accommodate the screw heads that held the seats to the sheet metal
Spacers
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