Salvage Chair project part 1

I bought this chair yesterday at salvation army in hopes of fixing it up. Not sure where I'm going with it but hopefully when I'm done it will be unrecognizable in a good way! :)

 

When I picked it up the spring to help it swivel back into place was sticking out and broken. Otherwise the chair seems to be in good shape (besides being boring)

 

I decided to take the chair apart to see if I could take the spring out and possibly replace it. After some fighting with it I was able to remove the spring but I don't think I will be able to replace it. So now I'm left with a 3 piece chair which I may put back together without the spring and let it swivel 360 degrees or I'm considering taking out the metal swivel piece and making it a stationary stool. I also began some sanding which I think may be easier if the chair remains in pieces.

 

Stay tuned to see my progress :)

I'M DONE!!!!!!!

Its official!! I am done with school work!!!!!!! Finished my last final around 9:30 this morning and I must say its a fantastic feeling! Now I will have to find ways to fill up all my spare time... where to start.. I suppose writing this blog post is a start! I should also begin putting more effort into my job searching. Any helpful tips from any readers on job searching? Any good stories to share about your first jobs after college? Feel free to leave comments on my posts I would love to hear from you!

Furniture Ideas

Not a whole lot to write about tonight. I've been looking at a few furniture pieces I'm considering for break rooms and other misc. areas of my office project. I found these rock-looking cushions on stumble-upon recently and looked up the company who makes them. Its a French company called Smarin and the cushions are called "living stones". I thought it would be fun to have a few of the larger ones a seating in a break room or brainstorming area not sure if I will incorporate them or not yet. 

"livingstones"



In addition to these "living stones" I was also inspired this week by Eero Aarnio's ball chair. We were shown this in our history of interior design class and our teacher mentioned that it was good for phone conversations because it allowed some acoustical privacy. I'm hoping to use these chairs in the tele/data rooms which are for private phone calls.

Eero Aarnio's Ball Chair, I plan to use the red one on the right.

Lastly I have been giving alot of thoughts into materials I want to use in my focal areas. One of my main focal areas for this poject is the reception area. In the seating part of this area I would really like to do a mosaic on the floor that uses the swirls in my concept model. I drew up a quick sketch (below) to get an idea of what it would look like with the custom seating I'm using in the space.



Concept Model



Mosaic Sketch

In the reception area I also want to use blown glass chandelier similar to the ones shown here. These examples use the colors in my concept model and incorporate the twisty center piece I created.  I want the chandlier hung so that is can be seen from the mezzanine as well as the main floor perferably in the center of the swirling mosaic on the floor.



Glass Blown Chandelier



Finally, My Solution to Systems!

Finally a break through! After fighting and struggling to find systems furnishings that would work everywhere my office my teacher and I discussed using linear tables instead of conventional systems. I have finally found the perfect solution for setting up my team members work spaces. This solution is Sense Desking from Herman Miller designed by Daniel Korb. I've included a few pictures below. I'm planning on hopefully having a set up that uses the straight tables with the returns. Also I will utilize the privacy panels available to help divide the work spaces. Small movable file storage will be added and I will use the accessories designed for the system to make storage and organization easy.


I love the simplicity to this set up. I plan on using the storage accessories shown in this picture along with other storage options



The entire system can be assembled and disassembled by hand simply by twisting connections

General idea of the setup I plan to use for my office.

In addition to this wonderful revelation I also learned about this amazing new system from SteelCase called Mediascape. (pictured below) This system solves the problem of a group trying to all crowd around a laptop to see an idea being shared.  The system allows people to hook up their laptop to a larger screen so everyone around the table can see. Multiple laptops can be plugged so everyone can share ideas together easily. This system would be perfect in one of the brain storming areas where people would be meeting to collaborate and brainstorm on projects together.


Mediascape set up showing a group video conference. I learned about this system at ASID's Student Career Night from a Steelcase Representative.



Small group using Mediascape to share multiple ideas.

Thats all until next time!

Landor Office Book

This semester we have been asked to put together a book to showcase our office project. Our rough draft was presented last week. Below is my layout idea for this book.

Final Wellness Space Design



These are my final posters for my wellness space, I finally learned enough about Photoshop to figure out how to lay things out. (I'll have to work on this a lot more over our break) My concept for this space was to use the subtle colors (green, yellow, and white) in the Starry Night painting to create a calming tea room. I incorporated the curving shapes from the painting in the bar and soffit. The wall paper that is used behind the bar and booths also incorporates flowing curvilinear lines. (Poster 5 shows a close up of this wallpaper). In hind sight I probably should have had a more “flowy” furniture layout the layout I used is very grid like. At the time I felt that this would allow for the maximum seating.

I really enjoyed being able to use sketch up for this project seeing my space in a 3-D computer model was very helpful for me. Over break I want to work on my hand rendering more although I liked the renderings I did for this project I feel like I can still improve. Overall I enjoyed this project but am looking forward more to our office project next semester!

Poster 1



Poster 2




Poster 3




Poster 4




Poster 5



Process Presentation

Here are the first two poster for the Sustaining Wellness project. These posters are still under construction as I move along with the project. The first poster (above) displays my concept and wellness statements as well as the logo for my welness space and images of my concept model.

The second poster (below) shows a few of the materials I am considering using in the design along with an image of where I am in laying out the wellness space in autocad.