INTIAL IDEAS

WE STARTED MIND MAPPING OUR IDEAS STRAIGHT AWAY.

We started mind mapping straight away. We thought a lot about aspects such as the timescale of the chair's use, the idea of forcing a pose and most key of all, the function that i should ultimately possess.

With only 1 single sheet of A0 cardboard allowed to make the final design, it became instantly clear to us that this task required the attitude of form following function. There will simply not be enough material to create a structurally sound product if we focus on the aesthetics as our primary aspiration.

So the product must perform a function. Yet there are so many chairs on the market already which possess the same key selling point - comfort. Then there other types of chairs which claim to have a 'unique' selling point, perhaps being perfect for gaming, or reclining. But then an idea came forwards. We kept thinking through all these ideas but nothing was striking us as perfect, perhaps what we needed was a 'thinking chair'. 

 

This is something which echoes back to our time in the library earlier on. The decision to do a 'thinking chair' would allow us to progress forwards with a unique idea which has a clear place in our surroundings, and which would fill what we believe to be an obvious gap in the market.