'Steelcase Buoy' at Knowledge Management Center in N.I.D lacks all the virtues my research brought fourth as desirable in a public place. However the furniture gave a bare basic foundation for concept development.
Concept design started with adding some privacy to the stool.
With a flip mechanism the backrest can be switched between elbow height and head height. The flipping also help to alternate the facing direction. Thus, a swap between Socio-petal configuration and Socio-fugal configuration is enabled.
Curiosity lead to inspection of airplane seating details. The combination of molded plastic, metal hardware/structure and fabric of aircraft seating inspired design detailing, visual language and to some extend choice of materials.
The form was simplified to ease fabrication.
First time assembly and design validation
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