SketchChair: an all-in-one chair design system for end users

Authors:
Greg Saul;Manfred Lau;Jun Mitani;Takeo Igarashi
Affiliations:
JST ERATO IGARASHI Design Interface Project, Tokyo, Japan;JST ERATO IGARASHI Design Interface Project, Tokyo, Japan;University of Tsukuba & JST ERATO, Tokyo, Japan;The University of Tokyo & JST ERATO, Tokyo, Japan
Venue:
Proceedings of the fifth international conference on Tangible, embedded, and embodied interaction
Year:
2010

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Abstract

SketchChair is an application that allows novice users to control the entire process of designing and building their own chairs. Chairs are designed using a simple 2D sketch-based interface and design validation tools, and are then fabricated from sheet materials, cut by a laser cutter or CNC milling machine. This paper presents the concepts and details of SketchChair, and both miniature and full-sized chairs are designed using the application. We conclude with results and insights from a workshop in which novice users designed their own model chairs.