SketchChair by Greg Saul & the JST ERATO Design UI Project

SketchChair is a software that that allows any inexperienced user to design and make his own chair or any other design products that comes into his mind.

The SketchChair is the collaboration between Greg Saul and JST ERATO Design UI Project in Tokyo, Japan.

Paper print and mock-up

I saw the video(below) about the SketchChair application, and I’m surprised how easy to operate using a simple 2D sketch-based interface and design validation tools. Much more if the user already had a background in design and familiar with autoCAD and other 3D designing tools. Reference geometry and figure to aid in design are available on the SketchChair software.

And after you’d designed the chairs, program then generates files ready for laser cutting or CNC milling machine and then fabrication. The Sketch Chair is available and free to download.

You can download the SketchChair Software at gregsaul.co.nz

via blog.ponoko.com