Srishti Bisht

BD2019

The Easel Chair

 "Can Softwoods and Hardwoods be utilised in a single piece of furniture?" The easel chair is a three-legged seating element made for dining that retains the signature heavy sections seen in George Nakashima's conoid chair but makes them lightweight with the experimental use of pine for the structural members. In contrast, the back, seat and tie members are made of thin sections of teak that appear to float over the centrally cantilevered design. Check out the full project here 

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Knowing Furniture by Drawing - Table at Shanti Sadan

Analysis: Studying the Masters - Conoid Chair by George Nakashima

Knowing by Making Furniture - Conoid Chair by George Nakashima

Studio Project - Anthropometric Data, Basic Dimensions and Process Sketches

Concept Development

Renders

Assembly and Components

1:3 Orthographic Drawings with Measurement

Full Scale Overlapped Orthographic Drawing

Full Scale finished prototype and making process