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).
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Written by technabob on October 6th, 2008 with no comments.
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Let me set one thing straight here. The guys who designed this furniture clearly had no inspiration from any 1980s dot-munching arcade game. Nor does the name “Pouf-Man” have any similarity to the name “Pac-Man”. It’s all on the up-and-up, you see.
Nope, there’s nothing even remotely reminiscent of Pac-Man going on in QAYOT’s Pouf-Man designer seating collection. It’s just a strange coincidence that it has a similar name, that’s all.
I mean really, Pac-Man gobbled power pills and munched on ROUND dots. Nowhere in the original game do I remember any power squares or chewy cubes, do you? And Pac-Man was yellow, not black, white, brown or red, no?
As long as you’re not with the Namco legal division, head on over to the QAYOT website and check out the entire collection.
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Written by technabob on September 30th, 2008 with no comments.
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Artist INSA has joined together with design firm Rousseau to create the cool hanging bubble chair. The chair is actually part of the Designersblock 2008 show in London. This illuminated hanging bubble chair comes with an INSA’s trademark motifs. I like the purple color of the chair. Find out more pictures after the jump. [INSA Blog]
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Written by Johan on September 19th, 2008 with no comments.
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This weight seat is great for those who have taken an interest in their weight, but not so much interest that they need to stand up and walk to the scale. Also great for eating meals and literally watching the pounds add up. It’s probably also good for video game players who don’t have the Wii, but think that their games can really get them in shape. Just sit on your butt, button-mash as you frag enemies and keep looking down. I’m sure you’ll see some results eventually. It was designed by Atypyk design studios and sadly I think it would be a real hit with many large mammals.
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Written by Conner Flynn on August 17th, 2008 with no comments.
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Like many guys my age that grew up on video games and now have the money to buy what they want to satisfy the need for gaming, I am always on the lookout for something new and cool. I have force feedback controllers and the like, but what I really want is a full-motion simulator for driving and flying games. You can get them now, but they are much more expensive than I am interested in paying.
The Gyroxus hit market at a price of $479, not too bad for a full-motion simulator, but certainly not cheap when you consider you can get any of today’s console systems for less than that amount. Today 4th Motion — the makers of the Gyroxus — announced that the price of the Gyroxus was being cut by $100.
The chair is compatible with the PS3, PS2, Xbox, Game Cube, and Windows — covering most all the gaming bases. The Gyroxus looks cool from the videos I have seen and would be a cool addition to driving and flight simulations. The weight capacity for the chair is 250 pounds, which will work for the majority of gamers. Details on exactly how the chair works are still scarce. I can’t tell if the Gyroxus is motorized or if you are simply supposed to lean in the direction you are turning.
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Written by Shane McGlaun on August 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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The RoboStool is a homemade robotic footstool that’s ready and willing to support your tired tootsies whenever you summon it. It’s a little reminiscent of the Take A Seat robotic chair but differs in that it uses 3 different modes of control.
RoboStool has three modes- universal remote, beacon navigation, and thermal sensor following. This video demonstrates the beacon navigation. It looks a little scary when the footstool springs into action, but then again, robots springing into action are always inherently a little scary, no?
To explain how he turned this cheap vinyl footstool into this robotic wonder, the creator says, “As with all my current robot projects I’m using the Parallax Propeller Chip on a Proto Board. For the drive I’m using the new Parallax Motor Mount Kit and two HB-25 motor controllers. A third HB-25 is used to control the two ServoCity linear actuators which are used to raise and lower the body and lid.” (Hopefully you understood some of those words because I’m not sure I did.)
This is the latest project from Norris Labs. You can get the schematics to build your very own RoboStool, and learn about previous projects, right here.
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Written by karen on July 31st, 2008 with no comments.
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Gamers seeking more realism than just top notch graphics should check out the full-motion gaming chair from Gyroxus. The crash against the wall in GT5 or burning the tyre on a straight road, this chair will make you feel everything. Good thing about this is that it does not require any additional hardware to show its colors and is happy with the game’s controllers tucked on the stand of the chair. Current support is for PS2, PS3, Xbox 360, PC and Nintendo (presuming Wii) and costs a hefty $479 after an introductory discount.
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Written by Kunal Gangar on July 23rd, 2008 with no comments.
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Here is the Zero-Gee ergonomic Computer workstation. It provides a unique workstation that combines an ergonomically designed chair with the workstation. [Product Page]
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Written by Joe Gadget on July 22nd, 2008 with no comments.
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