chairs have to be the hardest thing to get right. or maybe just for me? i've been noodling with seating for a long time and haven't been able to nail it. i love Donald Judd's plywood furniture, it is so simple and beautiful, but looks a bit uncomfortable. of all the sketching i had been doing the versions i like most where the simple line drawings, as if a kid had drawn a chair. so i wanted a profile that is super thin, well, like a line drawing of a chair. i think it would be super elegant and 'light' feeling. here's a model with two possible cushion backs, one round and one wedge shaped (a nod to mid-century modern couches) i'll build it out of 3/4" birch ply and focus on the joinery. for the seat cushion i bought some light gray 1" wool felt it's amazing stuff.
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chairs have to be the hardest thing to get right. or maybe just for me? i've been noodling with seating for a long time and haven't been able to nail it. i love Donald Judd's plywood furniture, it is so simple and beautiful, but looks a bit uncomfortable. of all the sketching i had been doing the versions i like most where the simple line drawings, as if a kid had drawn a chair. so i wanted a profile that is super thin, well, like a line drawing of a chair. i think it would be super elegant and 'light' feeling. here's a model with two possible cushion backs, one round and one wedge shaped (a nod to mid-century modern couches) i'll build it out of 3/4" birch ply and focus on the joinery. for the seat cushion i bought some light gray 1" wool felt it's amazing stuff.