design-aerobics
--- design-aerobics --- final design projects of designboom's third design-aerobics course under the theme : transformer chairs, summer 2003 ---
--- a reading chair a project © by radu comsa, romania after reading the lesson 6 that you've published these days, I noticed another uses of the space under the seat - for storage. beside the drawer-chairs, there were two very interesting examples - the congress-chair and the donald judd storage-chair. this gave me the idea of another type of a writing arm, in which even the folded position might be usefull as a small storage place under the seat. you can see the changing from the mode 1 - chair with small storage place under the seat into mode 2 - chair with writing arm. transforming is very simple by lifting the seat and rotating the arm. the big advantage is that the arm finds a use in both position folded and unfolded - P.S. as, in this exercise, the attention is focused on the writing arm, the form of the chair is a conventional one.  --- transformer chair a project © by radu comsa, romania here is a project of another transformer, based on a scissors idea, that we much discussed in the last course (under the theme folding chairs); the mechanism of interlocking lattices (scissors like) eliminates the seat-lifting movement, - we gain simplicity of the transformer movement and of the construction itself. it is a 'clean' design, very easy to make (in the asian region probably); nice and simple for indoor or outdoor use.  --- transformer chair a project © radu comsa, romania my aim was to build an universal support, to be attached to (normal and office) chairs when, for example, a conference is attended. - solution 1   --- solution 2   --- transformer chair a project © radu comsa, romania mode 1 - chairs in a line or separate chairs for public spaces, attached to the wall, very easy to clean the floor under, mode 2 - anyone can just take a chair to sit at a desk and write. am I obsessed with chair lines and public spaces? :) (note: radu won the designboom/ 100% design - folding chairs design competition - with his 'folding line'. see here!)    --- transformer chair a project © janine parker, japan sitting / storage facilities / desk / ... seat and back or 'desk' made from high density polyurethane foam or polypropylene. the edges of the desk are padded so you can lean back in comfort. the user can store things under the desk. in chair 2 they can also store items under the seat. steel frame legs.  --- transformer chair a project © janine parker, japan made of high density foam with a metal or plastic back. a cord is threaded through each cushion to be kept in place, by a peg made from steel or hard plastic. the armrests fold down, however I was unsure how to stop the armrests from moving inwards too much. the cushion at the feet can fold under to make a high seat.  --- transformer chair a project © natacha van de peer, belgium this is my transformer, the name is 2U (to you). the low U is a two-seater and a day-bed, the high U is a table and a high chair. 2U is a workstation, a waiting-room chair, two tables, ...  --- some transformer ideas a project © petra mezei, hungary  ---
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