1. Kids’ multi chair
PPP Sp 09
Prototype
- Jeehyun Moon

2. NEEDS
Children
“Kids are multitaskers.”
Play, eat, draw, watch, write, and play
all at the same time!
- Joanne Walsh, Bronx, NY
…The kids are not all doing the same thing. They are all doing very different things.
A group of four children is in one corner of the room assembling a jigsaw puzzle together.
Another group of five is at a kidney‐shaped table with the teacher, working on iden?fying
shapes, colors, and the le@ers of the alphabet. Other children are working independently,
wri?ng le@ers or words. S?ll others are drawing pictures at their tables.
<Making schools work: a revolu?onary plan to get your children the educa?on they need>
By William G. Ouchi, Lydia G. Segal, 2003

3. NEEDS
Institutions
“Holistic education”
Kids learn about themselves, relationship, resilience,
and aesthetics in our institution.
- Renown kindergarten,

4. OBSERVATION
Children use things differently.

5. SOLUTION
“Multifunctional”
To meet the needs of always restless, busy kids

6. SOLUTION
“Group-friendly”
A furniture that facilitates kids’ group works

7. PROTOTYPING
Iteration
5) Full scale
prototype
4) 1/3 scale
1) Sketch ver. I
prototype
2) Small scale
3) Sketch ver. 2
prototypes (3)

8. SKETCH
Version 1

9. SMALL SCALE PROTOTYPE
Paper

10. SMALL SCALE PROTOTYPE
Clay

11. SMALL SCALE PROTOTYPE
Wire

12. SKETCH
Version II

13. 1/3 SCALE PROTOTYPE
Wood lock

14. FULL-SCALE PROTOTYPE
Foam board

15. FULL-SCALE PROTOTYPE
Foam board

16. FULL-SCALE PROTOTYPE
Foam board

17. NEXT STEP
Refinement:
Multiple full scale prototypes:
form & size refinement
Material
Up:
Cub Children’s Chair
Daniel Michalik, 2004
Pure granulated cork
(reclaimed waste material
from the bottle-stopper industry),
non-toxic (and ecologically-sound)
binding agent
Left:
FYS (Finish Your Self)
by David Graas