charette: IKEA stefan chair

Fast paced, dynamic and instinct based, one day design challenges force us to rapidly produce feasible alternatives to a failing norm. The Stefan chair is exposed as a design with little tangible and individual features that deviate it from the norm and make it a perfect candidate as an "interim chair," used for an intermediate time frame and inevitably discarded. Below are snapshots of an evolving design process to add visual and tangible design value to the IKEA stefan chair.

Mind mapping determines design flaws in the current product that allow for design opportunities later in the process.