Mackinley Farmer: Week 8 Chair

This design was meant to be a modern take on a typical park bench. The bench was designed so that two people could sit next to each other if they are together or strangers. Usually benches in large cities such as New York have a division in the middle for these reasons. The design is stream line and simple yet it intrigues you to take a seat. I designed it with the thought of it being placed in a park or square in a bustling, fast paced city. The modeling techniques I used for the majority of the project would be the pipe tool, and orient on curve for the outer tubes, which are a pentagon shape, and then a Sweep1. I also used Extract Isocurve, Split, then Blend to get rid of the kinks and create a nice flowing tube. For the materials I wanted to keep it simple so the frame is aluminum and the seats are a perforated leather which would have a little give and allow water to not collect.