The brief was to design a chair using only two MDF plaques while still making it stable and comfortable. The first versions failed pretty quickly. The chair was unstable, the backrest was uncomfortable and small adjustments were not solving the bigger problems. Instead of trying to force the first idea to work, I rebuilt it several times and let the physical prototypes change the design. I was especially interested in developing a low, hourglass shaped form, and the final shape gradually appeared through that process rather than from one finished sketch.
Most of this project happened through making. I cut, added, removed and rearranged pieces, testing each version until I understood what was causing the problems. The process was slow and frustrating at times, but that was also where I started to understand how useful a bad prototype can be. The final structure came from those iterations, including optimising how the two MDF plaques could actually be used.
The final chair balances stability and comfort while keeping the material use deliberately limited. The structure uses interlocking MDF elements rather than relying on visible fasteners, and the backrest was developed around ergonomic support rather than simply following the first form I imagined. More than the final shape, this project taught me patience, something I'm still working on, and showed me how much better a design becomes when I'm willing to scrap something and start again.
