important events in the 50's

sputnik 1 the worlds first satellite launched in 1957

the escalation of the cold war, soviet and american nuclear weapons

the korean war 1950-1953

the 50s :D

looking through major chair designs from each decade ive kind of decided on a chair i want to use, just like starck used the louis chair i want to use the series 7 chair, its such a blank canvas for me to work with and is so widely used yet not recognised! people probably see this chair everyday but dont realise who designed it or when...my objective is to slap a historical moment from the 50's, the decade this chair was designed in, onto the chair maybe to remind people just how old and important this chair is! i have a few ideas of how im going to do this just from browsing the internet and to be honest im kind of stuck in my ways as to what i want to end up with!

1960's

designers:

verner panton

joe columbo

anna castelli-ferreri

chairs:

polyprop

solus

universale

panton chair

1950's

designers:

charles and ray eames

harry bertoia

eero saarinen

arne jacobsen

gio ponti

castiglioni

chairs:

wire mesh chair

series 7

tulip chair

superleggera

1940's

designers:

charles and ray eames

herman miller

chairs:

navy chair

lcw (lounge chair wood)

1930's

designers:

alvar aalto

bruno mathsson

chairs:

zig-zag

1920's

designers:

mart stam

marcel breuer

miles van der rohe

le coubusier

pierre jeanneret

charlotte perriand

chairs:

b33

mr10

b32

bacelona chair

1900's

designers:

charles rennie mackintosh

koloman moser

josef hoffmann

chairs:

high backed chair

cabaret fledermaus chair

1800's

designers:

michael thonet

chair:

side chair no 14

Deja vu

Déjà vu has often been described as “remembering the future” and is a very common phenomenon experienced by 70% or more of the population at least once. Its a hard experience to interpret.

today got me thinking...

after my lesson today and the very interesting feedback session i had i started to think about something that came up...deja vu...is it possible to have seen something before not necessarily saying it has to have been in a past life but just a past memory?? i think from this i want to start looking at past chair/furniture designs and re-inventing them, just like phillipe starck did with the louis chair. im basically going to try and keep my design quite subtle whilst also openly displaying the fact that this chair may have been around in the 20s, 30s, 40s who knows. hopefully this will evoke an emotion in someone that they sub consciously feel.

Stumbled upon :)

when i was browsing the internet i stumbled upon this ghost chair that had had some sort of texture added to it, i really like the look of this, it looks quite soft but obviously i know plastic is hard, i also love the contrast between the bubbly texture and smooth, sleek perspex.

assembled size

width: 55cm

depth: 56cm

height: 82cm

assembled size

width: 45cm

depth: 50cm

height: 77cm

Dimensions

with all the chairs ive researched i have taken the dimensions and worked out an average size that a chair needs to be.

from my working out my average height for a chair should be 87cm, width should be 47cm and depth of seat should be 48cm.

with all the chairs i add to my blog from now on i will be adding individual measurements :)

kartel...

starckkkk :D

Research!

i started on the internet looking at places like ikea, john lewis and debenhams but also more at designers like philippe starck and kartell purely because i like their style, and they may influence me when i come to design my chair! i have gotten the dimensions of each chair and worked out an average, giving me an insight into the round about size a chair has to be.

New Project :D

Anthropometry for seat design
Anthropometry is the branch of human sciences concerned with body measurements such as body size, shape and strength. This is used by ergonomists to ensure that products, such as seats, fit and suit as many users as possible. See the anthropometry topic for more information. If you are designing a seat, you need to take the following measurements into account.
Anthropometric estimates for British adults aged 19-65 years (in mm, from Pheasant) Dimension 5th %ile 50th %ile 95th %ile A Sitting height 850 910 965 795 850 910 B Sitting shoulder height 540 595 645 505 555 610 C Shoulder breadth 420 465 510 355 385 435 D Hip breadth 310 360 405 310 370 435 E Buttock-popliteal length 440 495 550 435 480 530 F Popliteal height 395 440 490 355 400 445 MALE FEMALE ('Popliteal' refers to the part of the leg behind the knee.)

This is the beginning of a project im soooo excited about, i love designing furniture love, love, love it!!!!

ive designed chairs in the past and have enjoyed it so looking forward to this.....

ive been given a brief to design a simple utility chair with seat and back, NOT a stool or arm chair! like the last project it has to evoke emotions, senses etc and i have a budget of £60-£180

Before i can even concider what im going to design i need to understand a chair inside out! measurements, ergonomics and anthropometrics are all things im going to have to research in depth. research, research, research :)