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Reusing Old Furniture - Coggle Diagram
Reusing Old Furniture
How
What Type of furniture
Chairs
Lounge chairs
Couches
Old dressing drawers
Beds and bed frames
What other things could be repurposed
Oil Drum
Wooden Spool
Unused wooden crates
From where
a local depo
Off the street
Unused articles form the school
What skills are need to be able to reuse a piece of furniture
reupholstering
Metal Cutting
Making joints
Wood bending
Metal bending
How to make a Rocking Chair
How can it be ensured that the chair is balance and can accommodate multiple different people
What is the optimum range of motion a rocking chair has
How could this be tested
Making an 8% scale model
Can it accurately represent a full scale model ?
Making a barebones chair
May take too much time
What is the absolute minimum needed to test
Looking and testing other rocking chairs
Where?
How to make the motion of the rocking chair smooth and effortless
Design
Functionality
How could the design affect is longevity
How to make it easily disassemble and reusable
Could a stool be incorporated into the design
Comfort
Design of the back and how it affects comfort, especially for a rocking chair
What makes a chair comfortable and ergonomic to sit in
What is the optimum height
Aesthetics
What makes a chair inviting
How could it affect the users perception
How could the aesthetics be used to extend the lifetime