"iteratio"
This week, drawing and thinking about the way in which I was going to solve some problems regarding to prototypes, a new promising concept flashed into my mind. It could have a number of variants, but the main concept is that the three boards are joined together without screws, glue or cables. There's "something" external that helps them to take advantage of the structural character of materials.
I loved the idea, because it was going to be a conceptual design, not only functional but being able to explain by itself how it works.
The "external" thing can be self-resistant –a metalic frame for instance. In this version you can put the shorter boards vertically into the frame and after that the larger one could be placed between the former ones by pressure, achieving stability just because every piece is trapped by other two.
To better design, shorter boards can narrow its thickness as they approach to the edges. Thus, the larger one should have to angle its edges, so the assembly would be easier. The boards should reduce it thickness where the frame is located to avoid ledges and get a continuous surface.
The frame can be flexible too –but anelastic. Just wrap the whole thing to get a stable system, as you can see on the pictures below.
As extruded polyurethane weighs very little, I can't confirm yet, but probably the vertical element should be thicker than the horizontal ones.
It would be necessary to study the thickness of the frame –self-resistant version– in order to achieve a rigid element, because a piece of steel of –for instance– 2mm thick but 60cm long is not rigid.
To use the prototype in bench position, it woud be necessary to add simple connectors, because the system doesn't withstand normal efforts to the wrap.
I made the prototype a little taller to test another height and to be able to attach to a piece of furniture in my living room's –one designed by my girlfrind and I.
It's so simple, and I call it "iteratio"*
I loved the idea, because it was going to be a conceptual design, not only functional but being able to explain by itself how it works.
The "external" thing can be self-resistant –a metalic frame for instance. In this version you can put the shorter boards vertically into the frame and after that the larger one could be placed between the former ones by pressure, achieving stability just because every piece is trapped by other two.
To better design, shorter boards can narrow its thickness as they approach to the edges. Thus, the larger one should have to angle its edges, so the assembly would be easier. The boards should reduce it thickness where the frame is located to avoid ledges and get a continuous surface.
The frame can be flexible too –but anelastic. Just wrap the whole thing to get a stable system, as you can see on the pictures below.
As extruded polyurethane weighs very little, I can't confirm yet, but probably the vertical element should be thicker than the horizontal ones.
It would be necessary to study the thickness of the frame –self-resistant version– in order to achieve a rigid element, because a piece of steel of –for instance– 2mm thick but 60cm long is not rigid.
To use the prototype in bench position, it woud be necessary to add simple connectors, because the system doesn't withstand normal efforts to the wrap.
I made the prototype a little taller to test another height and to be able to attach to a piece of furniture in my living room's –one designed by my girlfrind and I.
It's so simple, and I call it "iteratio"*
* It's called iteratio for various reasons.
Firstly and obviously, because it's the latin word for iteration –it came in a moment in the process in which I had to go back to a new concept to test it.
It also contains the word "ratio", which means system, manner, method, procedure, but also a proportion or relationship between two numbers –in this prototype the larger board has the gold number in its dimensions.
The artifact's stability requires cooperation between elements.
And finally in Latin means reason –ratio rationis– which is Rational thinking –the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. It's the distinctive faculty of human beings –rational animal– that allows you to get to the essence or truth of things from intellection and through discourse and the evidence or proof of something.
I love the concept because it came easily –in a simple way, without effort, after hours of work trying to find solutions for selected concepts– but because of the time spent thinking about needs, form and structure.
So suddenly a so pure and conceptual configuration naturally came out. And that kind of inspiration calls for a celebration!
Firstly and obviously, because it's the latin word for iteration –it came in a moment in the process in which I had to go back to a new concept to test it.
It also contains the word "ratio", which means system, manner, method, procedure, but also a proportion or relationship between two numbers –in this prototype the larger board has the gold number in its dimensions.
The artifact's stability requires cooperation between elements.
And finally in Latin means reason –ratio rationis– which is Rational thinking –the cognitive faculties, collectively, of conception, judgment, deduction and intuition. It's the distinctive faculty of human beings –rational animal– that allows you to get to the essence or truth of things from intellection and through discourse and the evidence or proof of something.
I love the concept because it came easily –in a simple way, without effort, after hours of work trying to find solutions for selected concepts– but because of the time spent thinking about needs, form and structure.
So suddenly a so pure and conceptual configuration naturally came out. And that kind of inspiration calls for a celebration!
"iteratio"
"iteratio"_updated pictures