Jamie A – An Overlook of Initial Model Creation – Prototype Chair

Next we will move onto a chair, though in the final version their will be several different chair variants for now a focus upon one prototype allowed me to come up with some ideas on how to make look good but also safe for a child.

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Though I need to reduce the chairs mass the basic shape is correct from what I remember, the legs are designed in a way to prevent the chair from being thrown over, with rubber soles along both ends of the pipe giving the chair a stable base, but still allowing the child to push and pull it around without much difficulty.

The chair part is interesting alot of chairs for children have a dip along the middle of the seat with the sides raised up, this helps to keep the child sat upon the chair in a comfortable manner and also reduces the chance of them by accident falling off it, though it does not stop them from doing that on purpose sadly, this also helps to strengthen the seat without making it rigid as a chair must have some movment to allow for a person shuffle around and make themselves more comfortable, it also allows for the chair to be made at a cheaper price as children will be using them their is a good chance that they will break, so having a cheap and comfortable chair is what most play areas will look for, as well as what kind of material they are made of with most being plastic as this allows for them to be easier to clean if say paint was dropped upon one along with allow for a wide range of different colours and patterns.

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