Industrial Design

“All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space.” - Phillip Johnson

As we begin our journey into the world of architecture and design, one of our first projects is to design a piece (furniture, sculpture, fixture, etc) that at the end of the semester we are to design in full scale. The quote above kinda makes sense with how we are supposed to make our designs. It has to be something that is needed, some thing that stimulates the person to either use it or to expose it to the world. It also can contain his/her world. In the case of a bookcase, if the person enjoys books, it will help contain, cherish these prized possessions.
We had to respond to the question: "What do I need?" . As soon as we began, most of the studio realized that we are in need of bookcases! I guess we made this realization after buying a lot of books this semester.

We had to design several pieces. We had to have sketches of  10 different pieces. Here are some of mine:

Left hand design is a coffee table/ chair that also has a shelf for books. The design to the right is still to be worked on. Essentially, it's a chair which, when folded, is a box. It also has a drawer to the side. Needs a lot of work.