Armchair Idea Development

Having referred back to topic after feeling like i have strayed a little away from furniture and warmth, i knuckled down to developing the idea of the book resting on the arm of a chair supporting a cup and saucer. From redrawing the angle of the sofa along with how i wanted the book to appear from observational drawings, i realised that i would need to include the whole chair if i were to have it in-keeping with the sofa and blanket design. This led me to notice that i could not include this chair as there was already a form of seating within the ideas range (the sofa and blanket). Therefore i have suggested a coffee/side table or a desk. I may have drifted into the idea of a shelf when focussing on books, but unfortunately this would not work if i wanted to keep the cup and saucer, which i did, and why would someone place a cup on a shelf of books? The shelf idea is out.

I have started to develop coffee tables from observationally drawing various different forms of side tables, coffee tables and desks. The coffee table seemed the most natural to pursue as it would fit in nicely with the sofa and blanket.

I have struggled to get the shape and angle of the table right, i don't want it to look too large compared to the sofa design, but i want it to resemble the same angle from a different point of view so that it isn't exactly the same outcome; the sofa's point of focus is the front right hand side, i therefore would like the table's point of focus to be it's front left hand side.

I have drawn in different books placed in various places depending on the style of coffee table i am experimenting with. I like the idea of having a shelf underneath the table housing a few books, but i am afraid that this may look a bit too busy. On top of the table i will be using the cup and saucer on top of the book placed on the table's surface.

Eventually, having revisited this idea, i have referenced both the original drawing of the book and cup on the arm chair for the viewing angle i desire, and the sofa and blanket design for the size i would like to base the drawing on. My outcome is a four legged table (with no underlying shelf) with it's point of focus the front left corner/leg opposing the sofa so as to not look the same. The book and cup are placed on top. I intend that the book be red as the feature.