72.5
2019.04
for Independent Project
72.5 is a chair that embodies a simplistic, yet effective design. With designs becoming more and more iterative from each other, the goal of 72.5 was to strip anything unnecessary from what can be a chair. 72.5 was born from the measurement of comfortable chair angles and finding the most optimal sitting stance. By taking away all the elements that can complicate a chair, this chair was able to become something different. 72.5 has gone on to place first in Design for Production at the national AWFS Fresh Wood competition.
Three legs in a wider stance maintain this chair solidly on the ground while the back holds the user in a comfortable position. The back of the chair comes off in one piece that is allowed to bend in the middle due to it's integrated leather core and carefully cut slots. Because of the angle of the bend, this chair does not require any hardware to be held together. All pieces can lay flat to be packed away in a very thin shipping box. Three pieces that fit together like a glove and nothing else. 72.5.
