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  Well well well, we had a lot of elements from group 2's design where we wanted to create and join together. But we've decided to limit it to just the bookshelf and bench for now, creating the rod so it can potentially be worked on in the future if we or other OBDF students would like to. We definitely don't have enough time to work on everything we initially planned for, nor the material even though we could really push it and use every inch we can to fit everything onto the 6-8 pieces we have. This week we wanted to combine the maze design with the bench to really create a unison look, along with figuring out how the maze would print on the CNC without the pieces being too flimsy.  For the bench group we were discussing how pieces could potentially interlock with each other so that it can be built without nails or screws. Reference the really messy white board drawing ideas we have down below. But to a certain extent we still want the pieces to be easily assembled and ca

  So today we brought together all our concepts and it appears a lot of us had overlapping ones, which worked out pretty nicely. We're doing a table+shelf area plus chair/bench that fits perfecting under the table space when no one is sitting there, maybe it's called a nesting chair? Our group got broken into two main groups and a few that are just floating around so far until the physical building process, I got put into the chair concepting part.  We initially discussed doing a parametric design after we went to the nest to measure around the area. Turns out parametric uses A LOT of wood and we would not have enough to do 56 pieces of para metric designs of ~40" x 24" pieces, multiplied by 2 because we planned for two desk spaces meaning two chairs. So we had to scrap that idea and the dimension planning, then decided to break up into individual concepting again to create a new bench chair design that would use less wood, maybe more planks and a design that is easie

For this week, we created mood boards and went on a call to decide that we wanted to create one final sketch idea and present it to each other on Friday in class. Overall, we wanted something functional as tables or chairs, something that saves space, and something that can look artistic since we're in an art school.  My concept is based off of Liro's research/mood board with the convertible coffee bench. I think creating this type of bench where multiple can sit/sleep on it and can also duo as a table or coffee holder is a really cool concept. The things I would change is the stability and material because I would want them all to be wood. I think having a sturdier bottom piece that holds the rod and people up especially if it would be a long bench instead of a 2-3 seaters. The challenge we faced was choosing a direction which is why we had to take an extra step to narrow down on one option and see whichever overlaps or looks the best we will go with.