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‘furniture’

The FoC Gaudi Chair. How the Future of Design and Manufacturing is Being Shaped

19 Aug, 2010 by Josh Mings in DESIGN
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Occasionally, I’ll see some Antonio Gaudi architecture, and just start draping balls of strings and chains from everything, cover it with plaster and throw some shards of glass at it. If you know (and appreciate) Gaudi, you might feel the same.

The work he’s done is inspiring, as is the work he’s inspired in others. Enrico Dini and his 3D Printed structures is one example. This 3D printed chair from Freedom of Creation (FoC) is another. It’s aptly named the Gaudi Chair. I bet you’re wondering why. It’s not for it’s minimalism, material or manufacturing process.

What could it be? Here’s how it got the name and how they went about producing it.

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Design Juice To Boost: A Little Bit’o Tuesday Inspiration – Franco Ceccotti

17 Mar, 2009 by Josh Mings in CAD, DESIGN

Oh man are we about to blow the door of your creative gourde WIDE OPEN. You might just call a meeting to discuss new ways to design those pump housings you model all day. Be warned.

I’ve been wanting to find some simple design to showcase. Simple design that can inspire designers and engineers alike to the possibilities of what they could produce within a 3D modeling program… and even more easily with a program like SolidWorks.

So, what better way that too look at some products from a acclaimed Italian bathroom furniture designer, FRANCOCECCOTTI. It’s simple, kinda elegant, but has some really pronounced profiles that you, if familiar with few 3D CAD commands, can translate into your own ideas. Have a look. Is this type of design inspiring?
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Delicious Design Process: How 3D and Rapid-Prototyping Benefit The Embody Chair

05 Jan, 2009 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

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After seeing the Herman Miller Embody Chair for the first time, I became a wee bit obsessed with what went into the design. With the design and development ranging over years of the incredible experience of Jeff Weber and Bill Stumpf, the process had to be something to talk about.

Turns out it was. I had the chance to ask the design team a few questions about the project, what programs were used and how it affected the design. Guess what, SolidWorks used a little bit, but all together a whopping nine programs were use in the process. Take a look.

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SolidWorks Flickr Find: The Wassily Chair. It’s Kinda Comfortable.

05 Dec, 2008 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

Do you ever look at a chair and say, “that thing looks so uncomfortable.” and then you sit in it and yeah, it’s uncomfortable but then your like, “wellll, it’s kinda comfortable.”

That’s the Wassily Chair. The icon of modern modern furniture from Marcel Breuer. You can actually download a SolidWorks model of this chair here.

The chair. It’s cool, it’s popular, watcha think?
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The Reee(cycled) Chair. Palsticy Goodness Designed in SolidWorks

04 Nov, 2008 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

reee chair designed in solidworksYou may have seen this on some of the tech or design blogs a while back, but it just so happens that this simple looking stackable chair is a highly optimized, ergonomic peice constructed of recycled Playstation 2 game consoles and, oh yeah, designed in SolidWorks.

Old news? Noooo… well maybe, but there’s a new podcast out explaining the details behind the design of the recylced chair and all the factors that play into making it and selling it. Have a look.
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Flexsteel: Soft and Coooshy Furniture Designed in SolidWorks

03 Sep, 2008 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

Just look at that nice couple. So overcome with comfort from a sofa designed in SolidWorks, they’re about to smash there poor faces right into each other. Not too uncommon, but furniture designed in SolidWorks, that’s something that’ll make you look forward to bloody noses.

Flexsteel has been making furniture for over 100 years. After being part of furniture customization over that period of time, it’s easy to see why moving to 3D could add a lot of value to the array of products they create.

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Michael Dreeben Billet Chair Designed in SolidWorks

08 Jul, 2008 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

Feast your eyes upon this odd lookin’ chair. Some products you can just look at and know it was designed with SolidWorks. The The Dreeben Billet Chair is one of those. It’s as if you are looking right at the model and recognize the features used to create it.

Micheal Dreeben is the designer and was recently one of the winners of the Design Within Reach M+d+F show for his Chaise style version of this fine chair. Much more comfy lookin’ don’t ya think?

The Billet Chair was designed a few years ago with the aid of Todd Courtois, an independent designer and engineer. Micheal Dreeben himself is an independent furniture designer.

The Ponoko Blog has an excerpt from a recent interview with Dreeben about the design process from sketches and prototypes to CAD and CNC. It’s a must read, if you are interested about the dynamic life of independent design and what materials are used to make it happen.

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The Ultimate Desktop Engineer’s Chair

30 May, 2008 by Josh Mings in DESIGN, TECH

Before you run out to get one of those rubber balls to sit on, take a look at this concept fro Jian Guan that will have your deep-vein thrombosis taking a long clot-free vacation to the island of comfy-chair bliss.

The SmartChair, aptly named, provides a biofeedback system that senses your movement and adjust the padding to provide the most focus-enhancing comfort a desk-jockey could ask for in a chair. No more getting on your knees to adjust the angle and height. All the controls are completely accessible from an on-board touch-screen that allows you to pitch, roll, rock and flatten through endless hours of tedious work.

Price? The Herman Miller Aeron chairs still ranges around $800 US, so you can imagine the SmartChair wouldn’t be the cheapest item in your office. However, once something like this is available, the temptation of ultimate comfort will make that extra laser printer or rude employee seem… not so valuable.

Jian Guan via Coolest Gadgets

ICFF 2008: Cool Design, Inspiring Ideas

20 May, 2008 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

Every year about this time the International Contemporary Furniture Fair ends and a bunch of trendy people have satisfied their desire for new designs and ideas about contemporary furniture. The rest of us admire it through the websites able to cover the event and hope there will be something interesting that comes of the whole affair.

This year was impressive and out of all the designs I’ve seen I come away inspired about some aspects of design I had not considered. Here are some of the Best in Show and designs that bring a lil’ bit o’ fun to functional design. These are from both established and new designers. What do you think? Could you create something like this in SolidWorks?

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