The Book Chair prototype, is a part of an exploration around the idea of a light-weight, sturdy and playful piece of furniture for children. The design and dimensions of the chair are governed by it's user group of 3 to 5 years of age, and it's function as storage.
2017
San Francisco, California
Polycarbonate sheets were selected as the material of choice for this prototype, as a part of the client's requirement for the furniture to be flat-packed and affordable.
The simple yet playful connection details were designed so that a child could also help in the assembly of the furniture. The snap-on buckle like connections make for easy assembly and dismantling of the furniture.
Prototype Il was developed to integrate the skin and the structure with a simple notch and Velcro system - making the furniture act as one system and reducing the amount of structure required to take the weight of the books and the child.
It was a further development on the drawbacks of Prototype I, which treated the skin and the structure as 2 separate entities, making it unstable structurally and reducing the storage space.
Depending on how you orientate it, the Bookchair could be a chair, a vertical reading nook, or a table.
