Project #4 > Cardboard Construction

Project Objectives
Beyond the shoe...

Students will be introduced to the wide use of corrugated cardboard within art, design and beyond

• understand the many uses of corrugation
• understand the many uses of lamination
• understand the many uses of deconstruction of the material and construction into a new form
• understand the many uses of construction from the inside out and the membrane covering
• understand the strength and fragility of the material

Students will create an animate or inanimate object in cardboard inspired by an object from life. 

This may include a shoe, a tool, hardware, etc.

This is your choice.

Before beginning your work, you need to run by me your planned strategy in order to get to the high end finished form.

RULE is:

1. Your constructed object MUST measure14" on one length

2. Your constructed object MUST be made entirely from corrugated cardboard
3. Students need to show evidence of the object in their sketchbooks
4. Students need to show a minimum of 5 steps in order to get to the finished form, and will include measurements
5. Students need to show a minimum of 2 views of the object
> If its a shoe, double the size of your foot
> If its a tool, double the size of the object
6. Students need to show evidence in the project of the following methods:

• construction via lamination
• construction via stripping corrugated apart
• construction via using only corrugation
• construction via using exterior cardboard"skin"
• construction via joining cardboard to create a 3D form

6. Students need to push their creative envelopes in order to invest appropriate time into the work

Critique = MAR 27 F 


Here are some examples for inspiration...

Inspirations from art history...

 Lamination

World famous architect
Frank Gehry
Canadian - b. FEB 28, 1929 (91)

Guggenheim Bilbao Spain

Gehry created an entire folio of laminated cardboard furniture
including: 

 The Vitra Wiggle Side Chair is part of Frank Gehry's 1972 furniture series 'Easy Edges'.  In these designs he brought aesthetic quality to a banal material such as cardboard.  

The quality of these designs are for celebrated for their design aesthetic

their strength

 their comfort

 the robust quality in 

every way of the form

Easy Edges Chairs

 

Frank Gehry, Easy Edges, Cardboard Contour Chair 1982

Rocker

Frank O. Gehry, Little Beaver chair and ottoman c. 1982

Then this happened...

New rules to the already published assignment 

page above

Project #4 DUE DATE =  FRI APR 3rd by 6 PM

Your uploads to FBsite need to include the following: 

i. Upload 3 works-in-progress images (see below for dates)

And once your project is completed, your FBsite uploads to the need to include the following:

ii. Upload 4 images of your completed project from different perspectives 

iii. Upload 1 video not to exceed 90 seconds  of your completed work: Be playful with your construction. Place it in different environments inside and out. 

Create an interesting video of your playful actions not to exceed 1.5 minutes  

iv. Put details of your project in the comment area including:

Overall size > Height x length x depth in inches

v. Materials used

vi. What kind of adhesives did you use?

vii. Upload one image from your sketchbook of your inspirational source with title and artist/designer if applicable

viii. Your talking points

ix. Critques