The C.H.E.E.S.E is a customizable couch made to encourage creativity and constructive play between parents and children. Using a highly feature packed design, families can have just one piece of furniture for six different types of play!

Project Statement

Precedents

Nugget Couch By: Nugget

Child-like Modular Couch Design

Modular Sectional Sofa By: Linsy Home

Modern, Sleek Modular Couch Design

Inflate Kit By: Ferd Toynton

More open ended, playful modular design

Wyatt

Sketch Exploration

Prototype 1

This was our first attempt at a modular piece of furniture that can can be moved around to serve different purposes, but we decided its shape wasn't that fun and didn't have as many fun rotations as we wanted.

Prototype 2

This couch was the idea we had been working with for a while, we were set on cushions made to create pillow forts, held together by velcro and able to fold into many difference positions. While this idea was exciting and manageable, we were concerned it would take the fun out of fort building, and ultimately decided to swap ideas.

Prototype 2

This was our first prototype for what would become the fully fledged C.H.E.E.S.E.

It had a very cartoony design, looking like an actual block of swiss cheese. But it had all the basics of the many sides all serving different purposes with the user flipping the C.H.E.E.S.E. to use its many functions.

Prototype 3

This was the second lo-fi prototype of the C.H.E.E.S.E.

It went away from the more cartoony design of the second prototype, and went for a more modern, minimalist design that would better fit into homes. It still had all the same functions of the first design, just looked different.

Prototype 4

This was the 4th and final lo-fi prototype of the C.H.E.E.S.E.

This design focused on the actual structure of the Cheese, and how it would be fully put together to be actually functional and not fall apart when someone sits on it.

Full-Scale Prototype

Play-Testing

Technical Diagram

Final Photos

Thank You!!!