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ALUMINUM CHAIR

Once upon a time there was…an aluminum sheet

"Mr. Floreanini, make an aluminum chair without welding and I’ll produce it for you!”

This proposal-provocation from the CEO of SINTESI Spa encouraged me to think outside of the box, to imagine a chair made as an origami.

A few weeks later I show up to the company with a small hand drawn draft and a life scale prototype.
No waste in material, the entire chair comes out of a thin laser cut and bent sheet of rectangular aluminum, with no need of assembly with the exception of leg crossbeam, assembled with two small bolts

The CEO kept his promise.

Client

  • SINTESI Spa - Spilimbergo (PN) - Italy

Goals

  • New chair design
  • Aluminum chair without welding

Materials

  • Aluminum

Technologies

  • Laser cut and bent


THE STORY OF THE PROJECT
From draft to prototype

Some images to display how an idea becomes a product.

  • first draft
  • prototype
  • modeling and 3d rendering
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