sound/chairs get their shape from audio waves
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October 6th, 2008 post a comment (3) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
This wild piece of modern furniture may look like an abstract shape from the mind of its creator, but it’s actually been precisely engineered from a 3-dimensional waveform plot of a brief audio clip.
To make his Sound/Chair, designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez started with a 3D plot based on the volume, time and frequency of a short piece of audio.
He then fed the data into a computer-controlled water-jet cutter, which carves the body of each individual chair from a block of Polyethelene foam (the original prototype was hand-cut by the designer himself).
In the process of coming up with the right audio recipe for his Sound/Chair, Plummer-Fernandez experimented with 719 unique sounds before he found the one that was just right for a comfy chair, with proper arm-rests. (It also looks like it might give you an unintentional back and butt massage from the look of all those nubby surfaces).
The Sound/Chair is available now from upscale UK retailer Selfridges in limited quantities for the low, low price of £3950 (appx. $7015 USD).
[via CoolHunting and MocoLoco]
October 6th, 2008 post a comment (3) stumble it! digg it! by: technabob
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3 comments post a comment
1. CoolProducts | October 6th, 2008 at 11:50 am
I wonder how comfortable this chair would be..
2. Ken | October 7th, 2008 at 1:31 am
It should be fluffy and comfortable.
Anyway, it’s not the precise engineering from the 3D waveform. It got a smoother surface so your it won’t hurt your body!
Check out Matthew’s comment (MP-F) at this blog post about the smoother surface.
3. CoolProducts | October 10th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I’ll have to check out the comfier chairs then! I bet they’d be a cool piece to have!
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