Evaluation - Chair Project

At first, I found it difficult about what I needed to do for my chair design, but then I found it clear that I had to produce a range of design ideas on my Gerrit Rietveld red and blue chair and my art nouveau chairand Art Deco chair, the ergonomics quiz helps us develop the measured scale of each chair by deciding to estimate to scale 1:4 on both style chairs that I create. 

My first thoughts on receiving this assignment brief was quite boring in my opinion. This is because I was given a task to create a chair, which isn't really being creative, but it is anyway because for one chair I have to create a wid range of design ideas. I collected some information from different artistic views and I put it in my own words. Some of the researches I took for e.g. Frank Gehry's chair designs were quite dynamic, the properties and materials that he uses is carved wood and in terms of his fluid lines, which he used to create his actual chair.

I found that seeking and handling the information was quite difficult because when I needed to find the specific information for each one especially from William van Alen, his work that he has done has mostly produced a lot of beautiful geometric buildings which he designed, it took me quite a long time to find some of the information I needed. I think that the elements of my research that inspired my designs were the shape and form and the line drawings and the 3D Art Deco chair design’s I done.

To be honest, before I didn't think my designs would be high quality, but then at the end, I was more than satisfied with some of my designs which I put more quality into. On the other hand, I do feel that I could have improve some of my work to a high standard like improving every single mistake that I have committed on my Gerrit Rietveld Red and Blue Chair, if I could do more design ideas from isometric view and from perspective, that way I would have got more marks on my assignment, instead It could be the other way round. 

Before we started our task, I was finding it difficult to pick my designs because some of them were simply not good enough, then I had to create better new designs for my final piece. I planned out each of my designs and I picked out the best six planned out drawings which I used for my chair design. The techniques, process and materials I use are three primary colours and those three colours to produce secondary and tertiary colours by using acrylic paint which I used to paint the Red & Blue chair.

I think during my time at GCSE level, it was easier because if you didn't understand what you needed to do, you will be provided with a lot of help from your teachers. However, at the moment BTEC Art and design Level 3, it's much harder because there is a lot more work given to you by more than one teacher, mostly I have to work independently on my assignments that are given to me to do. 

If I had Extra time, the changes that I would make would be to spend a lot on each drawing at a time. I just completed my work on time. To me, I think I rushed one of the planned drawings for the Art Nouveau chair and Art Deco.