DESIGN NAME: Zip-up chair
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Chair
INSPIRATION: zip-up sweats
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The principal feature of this chair is its zip-up system.It represents the link between a chair and a blanket both combined in a unique product to be comfortable,colourful and with a multifunctional design.The Idea of the chair comes from the analysis of a series of practical demands from people while sitting in relax.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: To use this particular chair system the user just needs to feel as if He was wearing it;this is the sense of the product.Just need to bend himself down to pick the zipper and pull it up to the breast or down on the floor to get inside and outside.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: -
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Furniture Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: -
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: -
TAGS: zip up,chair,warm,design,comfort
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The principal aim of the research was to think about an eyecatching chair;something able to capture people's attention at its sight.The developement of this idea went on all at once with several researches.Spending a lot of time to visit salone del mobile,making web researches and reading several magazines of the field has been a foundamental step to get in touch with the new design trends.Once made this,it is much easier to give an idea,a colour,a volume and an identity.
CHALLENGE: The hardest part of the research was to combine both the carachteristics of a comfortable chair and a blanket in a product which wants to evoke both relaxing sensations and the funny idea of "wearing a chair".
ADDED DATE: 2012-05-29 03:53:25
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IMAGE CREDITS: Simone Valsecchi, 2011.
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