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The Oneliners collection is a research in the possibilities of furniture design with computer controlled, "directly from file" manufacturing, using the Internet as a communication medium.
A two dimensional outline of the chair is drawn with CAD software, sent via email to a producer that cuts out the chair from a block of foam with a CNC foam-cutting machine. Since the foam-cutting machine is essentially a precise band saw, the saw blade must enter the foam block, cut out the desired path and exit the block. This presents a design challenge where the product is designed as a continuous cutting line. Hence the collection’s title: Oneliners.
The outcome is a complete product with no finishes or assembly needed.
The design utilizes the foam’s elastic properties in thin sections and its constructive characteristics when it is thick, to design and produce soft chairs that bounce back to shape when not in use. |
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