Bone x Skin by Taiho Shin of Korean studio Maezm is a chair constructed from a lightweight wooden ‘bone’ made of “hanji”, a traditional Korean paper made from mulberry tree fibers, and solid carbon fiber that gives the chair its ‘skin’.
Via designboom.com
Tag: carbon composite
Plum Stool by Alvaro Uribe
Plum Stool by Alvaro Uribe
an “exploration into carbon fiber and its possible implementations into residential furniture.†It is stackable.
Via Design Milk.
2496 Carbon Fiber Chaise by Giovanni Pagnotta
Giovanni Pagnotta, based in Mamaroneck, USA, was so kind to send me photos of some of his projects. Among those his 2496 Carbon Fiber Chaise.
Gaudi inspired Stool and Chair by Bram Geenen
Dutch designer Bram Geenen, an alumni of the industrial design faculty of Eindhoven Technical University was inspired by Gaudi for this design. Hence he coined the chair Gaudi Chair, but I do believe that is a misnomer: Gaudi’s style is much more Art Nouveau inspired than this stool.
However, it was the way Gaudi designed his architectural constructions that was Bram’s main inspiration: By making a model of hanging chains, gravity determined for Gaudi the strongest and most logical shape to withstand forces. Then he would turn the outcome upside down to create his structures and if you look at this photo you will see a cathedral like substructure of the stool.
The Stool and chair consist of a beautiful substructure of rapid prototyped polyamide which is covered by a very thin and light layer of carbon composite material.
For the chair Bram will use computer simulation to see if the computer agrees to what he applied intuitively for the stool design.
I do like the form and style tremendously, but hate to point out that the footprint of the stool is so wide it will stand in the way…but maybe it will be stackable…
Notwithstanding the wrong name, I do believe it will become an iconic design.
Via Crib Candy and Contemporist
Shigeru Ban: Carbon Fiber Chair for Tokyo fiber 09 Sensware
Carbon Fiber composite chair by shigeru ban image © designboom
shigeru ban conceived a light-weight chair that uses carbon fiber TENAX® for lightness and tensile strength. rather than using carbon fiber on its own, he created a tough structure by sandwiching aluminum between thin layers of carbon fiber. The use of aluminum in the combination enables successful pinpointing of the characteristics of carbon fiber.
Via Design Boom