Methods of Investigating

MAGCD Y1 U1 / Tue, Oct 3 / LIN ZHANG

INVESTIGATION SITE: The public chair of yard
LOCATION: LONDON, SW9 9jf

Appearance of the chair:

Size:

Angle:

It’s a chair that’s not parallel to the floor.

Expanded Space:

Invisible expansion space (space for people to move around in chairs)

Marks/Maintenance/Details:

Interior:

Rubbish that has been deliberately thrown in.

3D Scans:

The environment around the chair:

Views around the chair:

Experience of myself

I captured some video on my mobile phone on the floor opposite the chair.
I waited a long time and no one was sitting in the chair.
So I tried to experience the chair for myself.

Views

I photographed what I saw in different sitting positions. As well as a panoramic view of my surroundings.

Interaction between people and chairs

Then a group of people came, chatting in chairs, smoking cigarettes, sharing pictures.

Reflections:

I got to thinking about their behaviour.
What influences or determines people’s behaviour in chairs?
What is a chair to people?

References

**100 Chairs in 100 Days and Its 100 Ways**

I wanted the project to stimulate a new form of design-thinking and to provoke debate about the value, functionality and the appropriateness of style for certain types of chair. What happens to the status and potential of a plastic garden chair when it is upholstered with luxurious yellow suede? The approach is elastic, highlighting the importance of contextual origin and enabling the creative potential of random individual elements spontaneously thrown together. The process of personal action that leads towards making rather than hesitating.

——Martino Gamper