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MATERIALS: Shredded red Solo Cups and white powder-coated steel legs
DIMENSIONS: 43” H x 23” W x 15” D
This up
cycled research and design project yielded the creation of a seating object using
readily available artifacts that are repeated in curious and unique ways. Judging by the flimsiness and chemical
properties of a solo cup, also, how insanely popular it is in American College
Campuses, I thought it would be interesting to transform a number of cups
into a functional chair. I began by
first researching the cup itself and later on messing with the materiality of
it by cutting, bending, baking, burning, weaving, and overall having fun with
it.
60
separate experiments later I found that shredding, using a hot-gun and
baking the material offered me interesting and sturdier results. Aesthetically the melted shredded cups created
this beautiful infinite looking strand.
Similar to that of a pile of extruded plastic, however, it was way
messier and that of a mass produced product with one-off results.
Once I figured out the fabricating process I had to work out the mold, sketch out and test (1:4 sized) physical prototypes, using casting materials
and melted cups to make an ergonomically shaped shell.
MATERIALS: Shredded red Solo Cups and white powder-coated steel legs
DIMENSIONS: 43” H x 23” W x 15” D
This up cycled research and design project yielded the creation of a seating object using readily available artifacts that are repeated in curious and unique ways. Judging by the flimsiness and chemical properties of a solo cup, also, how insanely popular it is in American College Campuses, I thought it would be interesting to transform a number of cups into a functional chair. I began by first researching the cup itself and later on messing with the materiality of it by cutting, bending, baking, burning, weaving, and overall having fun with it.
60 separate experiments later I found that shredding, using a hot-gun and baking the material offered me interesting and sturdier results. Aesthetically the melted shredded cups created this beautiful infinite looking strand. Similar to that of a pile of extruded plastic, however, it was way messier and that of a mass produced product with one-off results.
Once I figured out the fabricating process I had to work out the mold, sketch out and test (1:4 sized) physical prototypes, using casting materials and melted cups to make an ergonomically shaped shell.