The last task of today was to build a structure that could hold my own weight by sitting or standing (which ever one was safer). It was basically supposed to be a seat but Geoff avoided the word. It also had to be flat packable and be made of no more than 4 sheets of cardboard. For the structure I decided to plan it out in my head before I started making so it could be more successful than my last structure. I kind of tried to think of a quick put together design that I could imagine on Channel 4's Gadget Man that I have been watching for the past couple of weeks. So I decided to create a slot in design. It was made up of two triangular shapes for the base, one asymmetrical shape for the seat and for rectangular scores shaped for the leg support.
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| Extra support made the base really sturdy |
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| Equipment I used |
My structure wasn't able to hold my body weight. It didnt collapse to the ground when I sat on it but i could feel the seat guving. It wasn't the base that wasn't strong it was more the seat as it was only one sided. I think if I had to improve it I would create a seat to cover both sides and that had a strong structure underneath the seat to support extra weight.
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| One leg... |
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| ...Two legs. |
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| It would make a good side table/coffee table |
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| My classes final structures |
I enjoyed this last task more than I expected t, it was fun making large designs. I also like how neat my structure was, to me it was aesthetically pleasing I don't know if that was good or bad thing for this task!
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