Unit 2: Sustainable Seating

Unit 2: Sustainable Seating

Made by a sustainable

material

Unit 2: Sustainable Seating

Made by a sustainable material

Is a raised surfaceused to sit on, commonly foruse by one person.

Product Analysis:As designers before creating our own product we have to observe and analyse existing products to get their ideas and create new ideas to improve them.

The first thing a designer thinks about or observes of a product is the Material it is made of. If we are sustainable designers that create sustainable products we have to analyse which material is the most sustainable to create the best product.

1. Material

- Cyclic

- Solar

- Safe

- Efficiency

- Social

Wood

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- Cyclic

- Solar

- Safe

- Efficiency

- Social

Metal

- Cyclic

- Solar

- Safe

- Efficiency

- Social

Plastic- Cyclic

- Solar

- Safe

- Efficiency

- Social

Sustainable - Cardboard ✔

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1. Material

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Product Analysis:

2. Function

2. Function:

To eat: It can only recline very slightly; otherwise the occupant is too far away from the desk or table.

To work or Study: the seat is straight not to relax too much, but the back is a little reclined so you can rest for a while.

To relax or watch tv:The back and seat´s shape are round and confortable which allows the user to relax.

(The intended use: What will the chair be used for?)

Product Analysis:

3. ergonomics

3. ergonomics:(how comfortable it is for the user)

Back Support:Seat Height and Depth:

Back Recline Angle:Arm rest:

Answer in a paragraph the following questions using your chairs as examples:

(one paragraph per chair)

- What material is it made of?

- What activity would it be used for? -To eat-To work or study- To relax or watch TV

- How do you know this? Is it because of the: - Seat height and depth- Support of the back of the chair

-The armrest (Does it have or not?)- Back recline angle

- How the product could be improved?

Product Analysis:

SourcesChair images:• www.ohganix.com• www.designasterisk.com• www.furniture.trenszona.com• www.ztpc.blogspot.com• www.savas.trupass.alibata.com

Ergonomics images:• www.haworth.com• www.888ergodir.com• www.naturalliving.co.uk• www.seating-ergonomics.com