After many hours battling with a fundamental understanding of physics, I emerged victorious. Accompanying me was my arsenal of gravity-bending shoe concepts, without which I fear the confrontation would have ended unfavorably.
Our primary studio project for this quarter is the quintessential student design project, the chair. It presents an interesting problem because so many designs have been done already. It's easy to accidentally copy someone else's work subconsciously and I've caught myself doing this many times already. After a quick round of sketches, these are the three concepts that I've decided to pursue further.
My favorite is concept 01 so I'll probably move forward with some variation of it. Here's a couple more shots for good measure.