PIVOT

FOLDING CHAIR THAT DOES MORE

Table mechanism

Constrained Legs

Magnetic Attachment

Storage

THE TASK

Make a folding chair using plywood

Folding chairs provide seating when you need it, and hide away when you don't.

Folding chairs provide seating when you need it, and hide away when you don't.

Wooden folding director’s chair against a white studio wall

Wooden folding director’s chair against a white studio wall

Imagine This Scenario..

Hosting guests in a small home usually means finding extra seating, and extra surfaces for food and mugs.
The scenario that started this project: What if one folding chair could solve both?

Hosting guests in a small home usually means finding extra seating, and extra surfaces for food and mugs.
The scenario that started this project: What if one folding chair could solve both?

Initial Aims

Easy to manufacture
Made entirely of plywood
Fold completely flat
Low cost

The process started with sketches to explore possible mechanisms that fit all the aims. Then it went on the CAD models to 3d prints and then Drawings for CNC cutting.

Initial User

People with Little Space and a Tight Budget.

Fixes

The prototype proved the concept would work, but needed fixes before it can reach the market.

Mechanism

Joinery

Backrest Storage

Fit

Repositioning

In places where space is the luxury

From cheap and useful → designed and wanted

Wood for body

Metal for movement

Validating Idea before investing in next prototype

Validating Idea before investing in next prototype

BIFMA Standards*

1100N Downwards
667N on Backrest
330N on table (estimated)

1100N Downwards
667N on Backrest
330N on table (good estimate)

1100N Downwards
667N on Backrest
330N on table (good estimate)

Tests show a weak spot in the chair mast. This would need to be worked on and verified further.

*These are approx values based on what I could find.

Tests show a weak spot in the chair mast. This would need to be worked on and verified further.

*These are approx values based on what I could find.