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19APR 2012

Milan 2012: R18 Ultra Chair Public Beta / Clemens Weisshaar e Reed Kram

Posted in Design - Installations by Workshops / Events | Tags: Milan 2012

The designers Clemens Weisshaar and Reed Kram are developing a chair within a public testing environment in collaboration with Audi’s Lightweight Design Centre using methods borrowed from the future of automotive manufacturing.

The R18 ULTRA CHAIR consists of three main components: a carbon composite seat, a carbon-rubber composite back rest and aluminium alloy legs which can be compacted and transported in a lightweight flat-pack box.

Its genesis incorporates crowd-sourced data acquired through thousands of testing sessions using advanced industrial sensors whose data is processed by custom algorithms to adjust the final geometry and construction of the end product accordingly.

The R18 ULTRA CHAIR PUBLIC BETA installation will allow the public to take part in the interactive testing process for the development of this groundbreaking new chair in the courtyard of the 18th Century Palazzo Clerici, Milan from April 17 to 22, 2012 during the 51st Salone Internazionale del Mobile.

City:
Milan

Design team:
Clemens Weisshaar e Reed Kram

Status:
Completed

Website:
http://www.kramweisshaar.com/projects/r18-ultra-chair-public-beta.html

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