Noodleplay » collapsability http://www.ideacouture.com/blog Tue, 10 Aug 2010 15:21:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Mocha – The Portable, Shareable, Collapsible Bench http://www.ideacouture.com/blog/2009/10/22/mocha-the-portable-shareable-collapsible-bench/ http://www.ideacouture.com/blog/2009/10/22/mocha-the-portable-shareable-collapsible-bench/#comments Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:31:46 +0000 Jessica Tien http://ideacouture.com/blog/?p=3071 There is something profoundly valuable about the ability to offer someone a seat when there are none available. A friend in need may be a friend indeed, but a friend with a seat… best friends forever (that’s a BFF for all of you scoring at home). Mocha was an initiative to design a portable bench that can be carried by one person, but enjoyed by two.

Through a series of explorations around collapsibility, rough sketches were produced. These rough sketches were prototyped through a series of half scale models built out of foam core and tape, enabling me to rapidly and cost effectively verify the stability and collapsibility of the concept.

Building on a theme of portable luxury, warm dark wood was combined with cool metal to create an aesthetic rarely found at your average park or bus stop, catching the eye of your newest BFF.

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