VINKEL

CNC-Milled Dining Chair

Duration
6 weeks

Year
2022

Design Brief

Goals

Working within the parameters, design and manufacture a CNC-milled chair that is beautiful, comfortable, and effective for its purpose. The chair should be either a dining chair, a desk chair, a bar stool (with small back), or a similar functional chair - not a large lounge chair, upholstered armchair, etc.

Parameters

  • Manufactured primarily from 3/4” baltic birch plywood using CNC machining

  • Beautiful, clean design

  • Comfortable and ergonomically sound

  • Efficient and appropriate use of material

  • Elegant, mechanically sound joinery

  • Appropriate use of CNC machining processes

  • High quality assembly and finishing

Sketches

Iterations

Fabrication

Once the files were ready, the final chair design was cut out of a 96”x48” piece of baltic birch plywood using a CNC

After all pieces were removed, they were given a brief sanding before being glued together

The chair was given a sanding, starting from 300 grit and gradually sanding up to 800 grit

The chair was then finally coated in polyurethane and sanding once again to get a smooth finish

Final Chair