6.08 lbs Star Chair
POPLAR, SCREWS, HOT GLUE
FALL 2017
Design and fabricate the lightest, weight bearing chair (with a back) using only 1/2 inch thick wood or less, hot glue, and screws. No joinery or other materials allowed.
The Star Chair, weighing 6.08 pounds, is made solely from polar, hot glue, and screws. This triangle shape is inspired by ancient symbols as well as sacred geometry. This chair demonstrates how basic materials can be made beautiful and valuable through design, similar to how alchemists worked to change invaluable base metals into valuable gold.
To scale model from wooden skewers and hot glue
Initial frame construction
Final chair with scrap polar strips used to weave the seat