This is our first project of the semester in this class. We were tasked by our teacher to create a cardboard chair out of around 45 pieces of cardboard. This project is an annual tradition at this school, with the past three years also doing this project, as well as years before them. The challenge of this project is we couldn't use adhesives of any kind in the construction of the chair. Since this project required a lot of work, we also did this as a group project, I was partnered with two of my friends, Chad and David. We were required to produce a small poster that would display the concept behind the chair, the various elevations of the chair, and the construction of the chair.

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We first spent the first couple days deciding on what kind of chair to produce. Most of the prior chairs that were created by past Junior-year classes were lounge-type chairs were people could lay on their backs. We debated back and fourth which design to do until we ultimately decided on an idea I proposed, the idea of creating a design that resembles a more standard chair you could find in a house, a chair with an upright back and no lounging capabilities; we had been told that no one had done a chair this way in prior years. After deciding on this design, we modified the concept together and we came up with the end result that we chose to pursue. We used a similar idea to past chairs, were there are three or four profiles of cardboard stacked together, a series of six circular spacers between these profiles, then another set of four cardboard profiles, etc. until we had 10 sets of profiles and nine sets of spacers; we decided on metal rods to support the chair itself. After modifying the design, we created a wooden template that we cut out. We then used this template to outline the profiles of the chair on the cardboard we were given. After we did this we spent time tracing out spacers that we would use to fill the spaces between the profiles. After this we spent time cutting out the profiles by hand, using X-Acto knives and box cutters. Once the profiles were cut out we went to the makerspace where me and David spent time drilling out the holes for the metal rods while Chad cut out the spacers. After this we carried the components up to the studio where we assembled them together. During the assembly process, me and David quickly laid out the poster while Chad continued assembly. Ultimately we were able to complete the chair and poster on time.