A CHAIR FOR ISSEY MIYAKE

“Body wears the dress” A design ethos by fashion designer issey miyake

completed july 2023

supervised by prof. elizabeth english

in collaboration with riling chen

roles (all roles shared with collaborator)

concept design

prototyping

design drawing/presentation

fabrication

structural calculations

  1. Wooden slats are glued together in a jig

wooden leg fabrication process

2. Curved leg is shaped to final dimensions

leg - cross section

v1

v2

v3

axo

section