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Drawer prototype



Precedent for this prototype:


I really like the modular feel to this precedent that I want to replicate into my design. The modular finish makes for a compact body that is capable of becoming multipurpose. To shear is to put stress on, so I want to change the perspective in which the chair is perceived giving it a whole different approach to how it can be used. 

This prototype is earthquake plate inspired which creates ideas on stress and triangular placement to form an almost modular shape that can extend and retract. This drawer comes from the idea of a transforming boundary which movements and creates some sort of expansion. I believe playing around with one shape was not merely as effective as considering multiple pieces that can stick together in some way. 

 For this particular prototype I looked at shearing a cube which was my original kind of idea but there was a catch to it. There is so much waste to just keeping one of the "sheared" sides so why not think on the idea of keep all the pieces but creating a modular or extractable form. 

I tried my best to keep this prototype which as little pieces as possible as carried on from the last one to not take away from the integrity of the cardboard so that I could get a good sense of how it would stand and work. 








I have started to explore whats where I can create a sliding mechanism however there were downsides that this did not hold even with cardboard reinforcements because the tubes were just too weak. In order to overcome this problem I tried adding more cardboard braces but because of friction it just fell off.




























As seen below, you can see how I have managed to use the least amount of cardboard not only for keeping the pieces simple but also to have more structural integrity. The more pieces I cut, the less strong it is going to be. To shear is suppose to be one volume which then distorts so using too many pieces would be inappropriate in accordance to the spatial verb




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