MC_01 · Build archive

Build archive

The chair in the order it was made: concept sheets, cushion and frame iterations, CAD, the sketch models, the frame drawing, tube bending and TIG welding, waterjet grilles, the enclosures and electronics, the first time it made sound, upholstery, assembly, and the Chair Show.

The concept sheets and the frame drawing open as full documents. Work by others is credited on the frame. Click any frame to open it full size.

Sequence

73 frames

MC_01 build archive: Music_Chair Concept Two · full sheet — 01 · Music_Chair Concept Two · full sheet

MC_01 build archive: Music_Chair Concept · full sheet — 02 · Music_Chair Concept · full sheet

MC_01 build archive: Concept study · Evan Aessie — 03 · Concept study · Evan Aessie

MC_01 build archive: Concept study · Evan Aessie — 04 · Concept study · Evan Aessie

MC_01 build archive: Proposal · subwoofer aimed rearward — 05 · Proposal · subwoofer aimed rearward

MC_01 build archive: Proposal · rear-firing subwoofer — 06 · Proposal · rear-firing subwoofer

MC_01 build archive: Cushion concept — 07 · Cushion concept

MC_01 build archive: Cushion concept — 08 · Cushion concept

MC_01 build archive: Cushion concept — 09 · Cushion concept

MC_01 build archive: Cushion concept · frame iteration — 10 · Cushion concept · frame iteration

MC_01 build archive: Frame iteration — 11 · Frame iteration

MC_01 build archive: Frame iteration — 12 · Frame iteration

MC_01 build archive: Printed model · 1:12 scale, frame — 13 · Printed model · 1:12 scale, frame

MC_01 build archive: Printed model · 1:12 scale — 14 · Printed model · 1:12 scale

MC_01 build archive: Printed model · 1:12 scale, with figure — 15 · Printed model · 1:12 scale, with figure

MC_01 build archive: Model · ottoman concept — 16 · Model · ottoman concept

MC_01 build archive: CAD, well along — 17 · CAD, well along

MC_01 build archive: Render, near final · neckrest grilles not yet designed — 18 · Render, near final · neckrest grilles not yet designed

MC_01 build archive: Ghosted · backrest enclosure and subwoofer — 19 · Ghosted · backrest enclosure and subwoofer

MC_01 build archive: Ghosted · neckrest bracketry and structure — 20 · Ghosted · neckrest bracketry and structure

MC_01 build archive: Final render — 21 · Final render

MC_01 build archive: Render · in situ — 22 · Render · in situ

MC_01 build archive: Sketch model · PVC and printed joints — 23 · Sketch model · PVC and printed joints

MC_01 build archive: Sketch model · PVC and printed joints — 24 · Sketch model · PVC and printed joints

MC_01 build archive: Sketch model · PVC and printed joints — 25 · Sketch model · PVC and printed joints

MC_01 build archive: Sketch model · before finishing — 26 · Sketch model · before finishing

MC_01 build archive: Sketch model · before finishing — 27 · Sketch model · before finishing

MC_01 build archive: Sketch model — 28 · Sketch model

MC_01 build archive: Sketch model — 29 · Sketch model

MC_01 build archive: Frame drawing · 304 stainless — 30 · Frame drawing · 304 stainless

MC_01 build archive: Tube in the horizontal band saw, trimmed to length — 31 · Tube in the horizontal band saw, trimmed to length

MC_01 build archive: Bends trimmed to size before welding — 32 · Bends trimmed to size before welding

MC_01 build archive: Early welding · one loop, on a cut MDF jig — 33 · Early welding · one loop, on a cut MDF jig

MC_01 build archive: While being welded — 34 · While being welded

MC_01 build archive: In the garage, after welding — 35 · In the garage, after welding

MC_01 build archive: Welded, down on the floor — 36 · Welded, down on the floor

MC_01 build archive: Finishing — 37 · Finishing

MC_01 build archive: Finishing — 38 · Finishing

MC_01 build archive: Finishing — 39 · Finishing

MC_01 build archive: Finishing — 40 · Finishing

MC_01 build archive: Finishing complete — 41 · Finishing complete

MC_01 build archive: In the car, on the way to the show — 42 · In the car, on the way to the show

MC_01 build archive: Seated · frame only, no cushions yet — 43 · Seated · frame only, no cushions yet

MC_01 build archive: Stainless waterjet grilles · pattern by Sebastian Arfo — 44 · Stainless waterjet grilles · pattern by Sebastian Arfo

MC_01 build archive: Grille over the neckrest — 45 · Grille over the neckrest

MC_01 build archive: Printed neckrest grille — 46 · Printed neckrest grille

MC_01 build archive: Neckrest bracketry — 47 · Neckrest bracketry

MC_01 build archive: Components bench tested before modification — 48 · Components bench tested before modification

MC_01 build archive: Plywood enclosure — 49 · Plywood enclosure

MC_01 build archive: Subwoofer in its Baltic birch box — 50 · Subwoofer in its Baltic birch box

MC_01 build archive: Soldering the amplifier board — 51 · Soldering the amplifier board

MC_01 build archive: Amplifier, wired — 52 · Amplifier, wired

MC_01 build archive: Control knobs — 53 · Control knobs

MC_01 build archive: Electronics box — 54 · Electronics box

MC_01 build archive: Wiring — 55 · Wiring

MC_01 build archive: First full assembly, soldered — 56 · First full assembly, soldered

MC_01 build archive: Neckrest and backrest assembly, drivers installed — 57 · Neckrest and backrest assembly, drivers installed

MC_01 build archive: Backrest box complete · welding the neckrest bracketry — 58 · Backrest box complete · welding the neckrest bracketry

MC_01 build archive: Electronics box, seat cushion — 59 · Electronics box, seat cushion

MC_01 build archive: First sound — 60 · First sound

MC_01 build archive: Patterning the Brisa — 61 · Patterning the Brisa

MC_01 build archive: Cutting the cushion foam — 62 · Cutting the cushion foam

MC_01 build archive: First fitup of cut Brisa — 63 · First fitup of cut Brisa

MC_01 build archive: In the shop, almost done — 64 · In the shop, almost done

MC_01 build archive: Almost complete — 65 · Almost complete

MC_01 build archive: Assembled, before sewing the seat cushions — 66 · Assembled, before sewing the seat cushions

MC_01 build archive: Assembled, at home — 67 · Assembled, at home

MC_01 build archive: Parking garage, before the show — 68 · Parking garage, before the show

MC_01 build archive: At the Chair Show — 69 · At the Chair Show

MC_01 build archive: At the Chair Show — 70 · At the Chair Show

MC_01 build archive: Final · at the Chair Show — 71 · Final · at the Chair Show

MC_01 build archive: The team — 72 · The team

MC_01 build archive: Chair Show poster · second place — 73 · Chair Show poster · second place