ME 203: Design and Manufacturing. Stanford University, Winter 2013. This class was an overview of manufacturing techniques (both in the form of lectures and hands-on experience in the shop) and design. The overall project in the class was to design a product or usable object and build it (from scratch). I wanted to create something sculptural and artistic, yet functional. I decided to make a sculptural chair. After iterations of user testing for dimensions that were comfortable, prototype making, and 3D modeling (SolidWorks), I created a final design for my chair. Somewhat like a rocking chair, the user can lean very far back with out the fear of falling, as the chair will come back to sitting position. If one goes back far enough, they can stay in between the state of all legs on the ground, and the chair arcs laying on the floor. Manufacturing the chair required the use of TIG welding (extensively), sheet metal bending, ring-roller tube bending, and milling.
