Camping Chair
A modular, repairable chair made with recycled aluminum, organic cotton canvas, and local bamboo. Designed for easy disassembly and servicing, it supports circular use through a rental model and low-impact materials for both home and outdoor use.
Furniture 2025
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Simple Frame
Designed for comfort
Minimal Parts
A tray that shifts gracefully between work and rest.
Compact Storage
An organizer that promotes better habits.
Who is it for
Designed for circular use, this chair is intended to be part of a rental camping gear system that promotes reuse and provides a low-impact solution for modern outdoor living.
Localize
The entire sourcing process prioritized local materials to reduce carbon emissions and support nearby manufacturing networks.
Made for your home and outdoors
This chair is built for both the outdoors and the home, combining sustainable materials with a design focused on longevity and repair.
Quality for longevity
It features a recycled aluminum tube frame, bamboo cross braces, and foot end caps made from repurposed industrial bamboo waste.
Reduced materials
The seat is made from organic, unbleached, and undyed heavy cotton canvas, reinforced with 100 percent cotton twill tape for added strength.
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Process
Research, inspiration, sketches, prototypes, final build process, and a reflection on the final outcome.
Design Inspiration
Inspired by high end fabric chairs and camping chairs.
Product postioning
We positioned our chair between high end fabric outdoor chairs and high end camping chairs.
Life Cycle Analysis
One of the main goals to this project is to produce an LCA and have a reduced carbon footprint.
Camping chair exploration
We wanted to create something unique, practical, and still feel premium.
Prototype studes
Once we set on the basic idea through sketches, we moved it forward quick small scale models.
CAD to final build
Once we knew our design. We validated it in CAD like CL03D and Solidworks. Then finally built a quarter scale model.
Designed in collaboration with
Eunji Ko