Chairs, Chair Design and Chair Designers
Good-Bye Screw is a folding chair that uses no screws for its assembly. The number of components is few and assembly is very easy and convenient, taking just a minute. The chair is made of polypropylene mixed with textile fibres, and treated with the gas injection technique. This technique can increase the strength of the main body while reducing the plastic consumption, and results in a cost reduction for the production.
Via red dot online: design concept – winners 2008
The Humanitarian International Design Organization’s call for toilet design entries revolved around the need for sanitary waste disposal solutions in the developing world. The top three concepts have just been released, including “Compliance Health Dignity” (a.k.a. The Dignity Toilet, shown above) by Cooler Solutions, engineer Terence Woodside, and industrial designer Mike Loveless.
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Lounge Landscape is a curved seating surface made out of a new multilayered composite based upon a polyester based fabric reinforced with glass fiber, bringing together lightness and the necessary strength.
After a series of digital and physical modeling the seating could be made, or calculated, from a single master mold with creative machining (check out that marker doing the job!). The necessary mathematics and ergonomics were not focusing on finding an optimal sitting position but rather to offer users the freedom to change positions and sit or lie down as they please.
Last July, they enjoyed a great response from the audience during the 175th birthday of the HfG Offenbach University for Art and Design. Lounge Landscape was not just about offering a comfortable seat but together with the play of light the seating elements create a smooth and friendly atmosphere which is key to an enjoyable break.
The Lounge Landscape is designed by product design students Nicola Burggraf, Susanne Hoffmann, Steffen Reichert, Nico Reinhardt and Yanbo Xu, guided by Professor Achim Menges. We caught them lounging at the MATERIALICA Design Show last month receiving their first design award, and probably not their last!
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I checked out OZONE, because it once linked to Chair Blog and found this Barca Chair by Jacob Joergensen that received a golden leaf at the spoon and tamago sheds more light.
Jessica Konawicz, the designer, comments:
I aimed to design a lounge chair that is unique and beautiful, made of a single material that is renewable and biodegradable, is easily and efficiently manufactured, addresses the way people relax, and utilizes stacking for transportation.
Pandanus’s name and form were inspired by the leaves and fruit of the Pandanus Tree. The spirals created by the leaves reminded me of chairs stacked on top of one another. The fruit looks like little pods, which are curvaceous and colorful. By tracing over the fruit I found the most intriguing shapes. The challenge was to turn one shape into a form, which would be relaxing for a person to sit on. This lounge chair is not intended to fall asleep in rather for actively relaxing, meaning the user would be engaged in some activity like reading, listening to music, or having coffee with friends.
My goals for the chair were derived from the idea of making it sustainable in multiple ways,from the cellulose based plastic material, which is renewable and biodegradable, to the low energy manufacturing process, and the ability for the chair to stack to optimize space for storage and transportation.
Via One Good Chair: Winners