Morning Chair

A chair intended to invite distraction-free reflection in your morning routine.

@ CMU School of Design
10 Weeks. Spring 2026.







[pic of chair in front of a window]


Contextual and functional intention: inside one’s home near a window, facilitating a contained period of reflection at the start of one’s day.


pics of the chair / angles








Primary feature: wedged tenon piercing the armrests.  



[pic of the wedged tenon piercing the armrests]




Secondary features:

intentional chair posture.










The Table.
Made from hickory and hard maple, with a center stripe feature on the table-top. Joinery and assembly that supports a long life.




Storage Rack.
Knitting needle rack with interchangeable rungs. Can be used as a shelf or as a magazine/literature rack.




Blanket Storage.
A gap created by the form to store throw blankets when they are not being used.












THE PROCESS

Ideation & Fabrication Preparation

Drawing and brainstorming the use-cases for the knitting needles, the form it takes place, and the context for the table they fit into.



Some early drawings: needle integration and general ideas.




CAD Modeling: for 3D visualization and refining ideal measurements.



Board plans: to help figure out how much wood to buy.





Shop drawings/Fabrication Solving: made before for approval to begin machining and during machining to guide myself through the fabrication and assembly process.





Fabrication

Creating the table. Working with hickory and hard maple was a fun challenge. The thin, splintery hickory and thick, heavy hard maple made for a vicious yet beautiful combination.


The pieces: machining the wood into the final pieces.





Matching grain from different parts of the board^ 


Edge Joining: using dominoes to edge join the table and side surfaces.








Needle Rack: drill press and tablesaw to machine the needle rack.








Assembly: putting all the pieces together.





Finishing: with danish oil, surface sanding and cleanup, plugs, etc..















SKILLS
Drawing
Prototyping
Machine & Hand Fabrication
Woodworking








TOOLS
SolidWorks CAD
Wood Machining
   Chopsaw, Jointer, Planar,
   Table Saw, Drill Press, Domino Cutters, Etc.
Hand and Power Tools




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