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client

KANZ Architetti

overview

Joint-based aluminum chair, built from 3-millimeter-thick aluminum sheets, but easily replicable in any material.

research

Prototyping goes beyond software: materials behave in ways simulations can’t predict, interacting with people, space, movement, and gravity.

Laser-cutting machine shaping the sheetsAluminum sheet with cut shapesA person filing and polishing the metal sheetsAssembled prototype in front of a desk in the office
Minimal shot of the prototype in a white background studio
result

A project born to value local craftsmanship, later awarded during Bologna Design Week.

Minimal rendering of the chair in two position: front and backMinimal rendering of the two chair, one in anodized blackMultiple versions of the chair with different thickness and materialsRendering of 4 chair around a table in a stoneware kitchenRendering of 4 chair around a table in a stoneware kitchen