Comments on: Iga by Damian Kozlik

By: AltMaster

AltMaster — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:03:27 +0000

I think, polypropylene is too week material for this beautiful chair. It must be madden from metal. Aluminum, or lighter and stronger metal. The beautiful things like this must be expensive.

By: edward

edward — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:19:48 +0000

“without this the legs are not fully constrained and will be able to rotate on their joints with the seatbase. making an inherently unstable seat and placing a lot of stress on those joints (and on the bend in the legs)”

well, cpcp, you may be outta here, but in case you come back…

Your analysis is faulty. The seat passing thru a total of 4 thickness of the side pieces will prevent movement in any direction if solidly affixed. It is true no hint is given as to how the back is fastened, but the seat alone will stabilize the chair. That’s why I said it meets structural expectations.

By: cpcp

cpcp — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:33:49 +0000

no i couldnt tell for sure without sitting in it myself – but a picture of someone would go some way to convince me!
also – scaling issues – how big is this? those magasines in the storage look rather small (more like A5 books) – so a pic of someone sitting in it would help with that – even a photoshop cut and paste job over a rendering. ommitting this in a proposal is unforgivable in my mind.

As for structural weakness, i’m more concerned with how the pieces join togther – the backrest portion does not appear to connect to the legs. without this the legs are not fully constrained and will be able to rotate on their joints with the seatbase. making an inherently unstable seat and placing a lot of stress on those joints (and on the bend in the legs) which only fix the legs in place – they act as axes if you like and dont stop the pieces rotating with respect to eachother.

with respect to opinion – I like to see proof of concept, not just concept. proving a concept and making something that functions, looks good, and adds value is what i believe to be good design.

i dont believe this does all three yet – as i said before – a premature posting.

this has been fun edward, but i’m outta here…

By: tadao cern

tadao cern — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 06:07:51 +0000

i would say no to this one

By: edward

edward — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:56:58 +0000

“p.s. your ’structural and functional expectations’ must be very low for this to satisfy them! mind you – so must dezeen’s for this to make the cut!!”

Be specific. Where is the structural weakness in the configuration of the chair? What about it would suggest it wouldn’t serve it purpose? Even if it was a prototype you couldn’t tell if it would collapse if you sat in it. Or be uncomfortable just from a picture. The impact of the porosity might take some empirical tests, but there is nothing to suggest it couldn’t be built very closes to the rendering. From your perspective one shouldn’t render an opinion without having sat in the chair and tested it to destruction.