Chairs? Chairs?! Chairs!
a Studio in a School residency with Andrea Kantrowitz, sponsored by Time Warner
at IS 237, a Magnet School for the Arts, Queens, New York.
A Middle School Chair Design Project is a website documenting a project I did with two 7th grade math classes. The students were asked, "What is a chair?" and addressed this question in a variety of ways. They researched contemporary and historical chair design. They created small 2-d models out of cardstock and masking tape, and then made posters advertising fantastic chairs: ones that could fly or transform in surprising ways. They were split into teams to make real, functional chairs out of cardboard and tape.....
At times, it seemed like the classroom was in total chaos. But they succeeded: the final chairs were able to hold even my weight. I was really delighted and surprised when I asked them to write about their experiences: their writing was as fun as their actual creations.
To see the whole proccess, click here.
at IS 237, a Magnet School for the Arts, Queens, New York.
A Middle School Chair Design Project is a website documenting a project I did with two 7th grade math classes. The students were asked, "What is a chair?" and addressed this question in a variety of ways. They researched contemporary and historical chair design. They created small 2-d models out of cardstock and masking tape, and then made posters advertising fantastic chairs: ones that could fly or transform in surprising ways. They were split into teams to make real, functional chairs out of cardboard and tape.....
At times, it seemed like the classroom was in total chaos. But they succeeded: the final chairs were able to hold even my weight. I was really delighted and surprised when I asked them to write about their experiences: their writing was as fun as their actual creations.
To see the whole proccess, click here.