Will the chair feel heavy and grounded, like this wood stool? Or this concrete bench? Or will it float, like this lounge chair? Or like this fabric chair? Or have a feeling of warmth and softness, like this leather seat? Or a cold, hard feeling, like this wood chair? So on to our second question. Or will it be light in area, like this chair that barely seems like it's there? Will the chair feel heavy and substantial, like this big, thick leather arm chair. Will the chair emphasize lightness or an absence of structure? Like how this chair emphasizes lightness with its thin points of contact with the floor. The designer needs to decide how a chair will address structure.

I find that the best questions to get to the heart of determining form relate to things like, what's the structure? What are the materials used? And what's the function of the piece? So our first question. To begin, we can ask some questions to help inform our initial direction when we're designing something. So let's consider form as it relates to function.

Rhino chair model