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design-aerobics --- final design projects of designboom's second design-aerobics course under the theme : folding chairs, spring 2003 --- PAGE 1 of 3 PAGE 2 of 3 PAGE 3 of 3 --- --- startingpoint is the human body and its folding abilities. a project @ rudolf wormgoor, the netherlands sketches 3D-foam-studies --- --- this folding-seating object is a result of the juxtaposition of 2 unrelated things (umbrella and a seat). a project © stanley ruiz, philippines --- --- chick folding chair a project © takashi ifuji, japan --- --- a folding lounger / inspired by an ironing board and the 'plia' folding mechanism. a project © suzanna salomon, martinique --- --- thank you for putting together this wonderful design exercise series - I chose to pursue form studies based on traditional folding mechanisms rather than exploring new ones. I focused primarily on exploring new forms (seating/back planes) in folding chairs. a projects © joshua larrabee, usa title of concept : merge itle of concept : futurism --- --- 'UR' folding chair, it can be folded like an antique roller blind some spanish words like 'machihembrado' explain the mecanism of my chair, but as far as I know there is no translation into english. I'll try to explain it with a wrist watch, if you pay attention to the methalic strapand how it folds... a project © beatriz crespo gambade, spain --- --- '6-12-3 inverse' it is made in cardboard of 3 sheets, you can arm and disarm this chair folding the sections. it becomes a totally plane sheet that you can hang on the wall. colors of sections are for ornamental purposes. a project © oscar riaño, colombia --- --- 'anarchy' the unfolding chair - (flip the chair upside-down and it looks like the anarchy symbol. a lot of punks hang out at my coffee shop, and so I give them credit for the name). I didn't want to have an absolutely symmetrical chair, so the legs are shaped differently. I am attracted to the idea that we can find the materials to create our chairs close to home. if the materials are recycled from something else-even better! I don't think that I have designed this chair -- it is so simple that a bunch must have existed already ! I am thrilled that I was able to go in different directions with this very enjoyable and informative course. a project © jo ellen schilke, usa --- --- PAGE 1 of 3 PAGE 2 of 3 PAGE 3 of 3 --- ------- monthly designboom newsletter E-mail: ------- ------- ? comments and contact us ? -------