Ginkgo Chair
The studio space I work in is a basement. It is rather dark and sullen most of the time due to lack of light; especially at night.
The specific area I use has counter height tables with basic stools.
Market Research
Exploring the wide variety of stools available I looked to find niches in the market.
Landing on a direction of organic but geomatic direction.
Studies have shown Blank Walls decrease speed and increase stress compared with a view.
Poor posture for long periods of time can lead to back pain. Leaning or standing is generally preferred.
Having imagery of plants, even picture or fake plants are shown to decrease stress as improve concentration
I wanted emphasis comfort from curvature and tried to explore a few avenues that would work into an organic form. Ultimately landing towards a carved seat with a forward tilt to help with focus and alertness while working.
Assembly
I hand carved the back and the seat of the chair. Taking special emphasis at the end to test how the chair sat and carved down those areas as need be that were pinching or sticking up too much on the back or seat.
This also allows the layers of the ply-wood to be shown.
In a scaled up version of these parts could be done with CNCing. With a fun option of customizable seat each customer could order based off of preference and pelvis bone width.
Carving
User Feed Back
The carved seat and back helped emphasize comfort without cushions. The majority of people of my height enjoyed the seat. One or two who were especially taller did say that the seat was comfortable but wanted the seat to be slightly wider. The slight tilt forward as well did help with posture and allowed for less back strain while leaning over a desk working and working.
Revisions to explore would be a seat and back cut via CNC that could be scaled up or squished down for the uses need. Different sizes could be made to order and attached to the same base stock for sizing
