IDES Studio: October 2009

The original idea for this project was to make a chair which sat in the upright position. It took me quit some time to come up with the final idea as ideas only came to me when i found the material i was to use in the project. I wanted to make a comfortable and stylish piece of furniture that didn't loose its recycled look or its original purpose.
There were many set backs through equipment issues especially with the bending of the metal pipes. I had asked many different muffler shops and metal workers if i could be done and was told it wasn't able to be done. The last place i went to was a disabled chair repair shop and he gave me an idea of cutting a piece out of the corner of the bend and then welding the two cuts at the angle needed.
The entire object was made from two pieces of a futon frame, the kind of frame that moves from being a coach to a double bed. The two parts used were the frames in which the mattress would lay on the futon bed. Those pieces were cut in half and the two parts with rounded corners were matched up and welded together. The remaining pieces were cut down to size to fit as legs as seen above.
I decided to keep the mesh on the legs and body of the chair not only for the foam support, and comfort but also to keep the original look of the recycled material.
The shape was inspired from pool chairs that i had laying by my pool and the recycled futon frame itself.