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Chairness - Chairness Project Continuation 2 + 3

In workshop continuation 2 I managed to cut the plastic ridges of the underside of the seat, including the corner of the chair as well as using a hammer and chisel to get rid of extra plastic bits on the legs.

Carrying on from session 2,  during this workshop session 3 I started to make the joint part for the chair legs. I made an outline on a thick piece of mdf board of 10x10 cm squares as opposed to 3x3 cm during the experimentation.

Once I had the 4 blocks sanded down and ready to place in the corner joint I realised that the depth of the chair was much greater than anticipated, so I decided to stick the pieces of board together. This enables better support and sturdiness when attaching the plastic legs to the wood.

Whilst waiting for the pieces of wood to dry in the vise, I started to look at the legs. During the experimentations I sanded the legs slightly to make them even at the edge. However this time round I wanted the legs to be a snugger fit so I decided to sand down the edge of the leg at an angle. This ensures a better positioning for the leg since the inside edge is at a gradient (due to the monobloc chair being a mould). 

Once dried, I placed the wood in the corner and on the other side outlined where the seat hole was so that the piece of wood isn't seen on the other side. I then used the band saw to cut of the bits as well as a sanding 

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Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?

Gallery visit to the Wellcome Collection to see the ‘Can Graphic Design Save Your Life?’ exhibit. Lots of interesting and informative designs in the field of health and medicine. 

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Chairness - Project Start

After a tutorial session, I was advised to look at other means of recycling plastic as the chair itself is a thermoplastic mould. Using a bottle stripper I began piercing into the container and continuously pulling on the material to make a long ribbon. 

Using a heat gun on the plastic allowed the ribbon/rope to mould into the hexagon shaped wooden block showcasing how easily it can be reshaped.

After cutting the legs off, I used the sander to smooth out the base as well as filing the bottom of the seat itself. 

This time round I made the diameter of the hole smaller using a jigsaw machine. By doing this it enables drilling the hole outside to be an easier task as well as being more comfortable to sit on. 

Underneath the seat plastic ridges make cutting the seat a harder task. They will have to be removed for further progression.

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Ian Jacko Jackson Poster for professional practice.

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Chairness - Leg Development

To further carry on with the chairness process I looked at ways of including waste around me into the furniture. I found some plastic bags I didn't need so I though of ways I could weave them into the seat. After looking at some youtube videos I found that plastic bags can easily be made into ‘plarn’ (plastic yarn) which is what I went ahead and did. 

Once in the workshop I drilled some holes into the seat and started to lace the plarn into it. 

I found the holes to be too small to comfortably weave the plastic into so I used a different drill end to make the holes wider. 

Using the wood parts I made from the week before, I finally made a proper opening into the seat frame. The clamp held everything into place making it easier to angle the leg. I had to judge by eye if I had all the legs at an even depth/level. 

I used twin head screws (6 x 1 1/4 inch) to keep the legs in position. Overall I am very pleased with the look of the legs being tucked under the seat instead of jutting out like they do in the original design. I would however make the wood parts much longer next time so that theres more stability and support. 

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Alan Dye Poster for professional practice. 

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Typeface Design - Font Lab ‘d’

For this session of typeface design as well as making a small letter ‘d’, during the process I remade the ‘n’ and ‘o’ letters. Above are initial sketches of various styles both in sans and sans serif.

I picked this ‘d’ design because it would be simple to make and I felt it was the most legible. 

It was tricky adjusting the handles correctly but after several adjustments (and also removing any points that weren't needed) I managed to fit the outline to the background. I made the stem thinner to keep the shape balanced. 

The original image I took of the ‘d’ next to the edited version in font lab. 

Here I was looking at the metric units of the ‘n’ and ‘u’ letters I made later on. Its really important to change the spacing of the side bearings so the letters do not collide. Curved edges of letters have to additional tweaking.

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Jasper Goodall poster for professional practice. Late entry.

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Chairness - Wood Workshop Experiment

For my chair I’ve decided to focus on sustainability and recycling. Ideally I would love to incorporate waste materials into the structure of it without creating too much waste.

Initially cutting one edge of the chair with a coping saw to see how changing the outline effect the form. The wide curve on the far left is the original shape.

Sanded down edge (with a file and sandpaper) gives a much smoother and cleaner appearance.

Using a jigsaw machine, I cut the seat out. Once this was done I started drilling holes into the left over seat frame.

I took a danish cord I started ‘sewing’ into the chair.

Once I finished with the cord, I took some sugar cane and wove it into the cord. This experiment gives me a better idea of what I could do if I use found textiles to use for the seat part of the chair. Although I want my seat to raise awareness to the use of low impact materials, I still want it to be functional and significant to the user (symbiotic).

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Typeface Design - Font Lab

All the glyphs on font lab.

I started off designing the small letter ‘n’. By using the small ‘n’ other glyphs can be based on it during development since many shapes/elements will frequently reoccur in the typeface. 

For example the small ‘u’ can be flipped upside down and adjusted to share the same characteristics o the ‘n’, keeping in line with the style. 

Due to the nature of optical illusions, the small ‘o’ has to be slightly wider than the ‘n’. All letters must be designed within the M box as well as staying within the ascender and descender lines.

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Chairness - Ergonomics

Selected chair for measurement.

Measured chair in cm. 

For my ‘Chairness’ option module, in the 3rd session we were given the task of measuring up chairs. Despite each group having a different chair to analyse, our overall measurements were very similar, showing that for ‘class room’ type chairs theres a specific ergonomics that cater to this sector. Our chair had longer legs at the front and a lower angle towards the back of the seat making it more comfortable to sit in since your not sliding off it (as well as upholstery cushioning for the back rest + seat). 

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Finished product of Multi section book binding (Swiss cover). I made a small pocket on the inside cover. 

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Typeface Design

First session of typeface design with Maria. Looking at typeface anatomy of serif fonts. I tried to make the ‘S’ letter as even as possible whilst keeping the bottom of the ‘S’ slightly flatter (so that if you turn the S upside down it’s clear that its not the right way up). For the ‘garden’ word we had to guess the correct outline. 

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Professional Practice Poster - Alice Stevenson

Development and final outcome for Alice Stevenson poster design. I read in an online interview that she fell in love with the ‘Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral’ during one of her travels so I drew the top part of the cathedral as well as used a pattern from one of the facades as the background.

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Mess Up Helvetica workshop. Using stencils and mixed media to warp helvetica type. 

Break, Mess, Warp, Ugly, 

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BLAD - Exploration

Looking at super graphics at the Unlimited Gallery. Lots of bright colours and bold patterns.

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BLAD Exploration - Snoopers Paradise

More records found at the antique shop. 

For the next part of BLAD exploration I set out to find more records inside Snoopers Paradise, however the huge amount of antique stuff there was overwhelming and in a sense I felt that the display designs and just in general the way everything was setup had to be documented as part of ‘outside art’. It was clear to see that the people who ran the place treasured the layout of the shop and used creative ways of displaying their products.