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TAMABLE CHAIR

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Furniture
TAMABLE CHAIR
Styrofoam chair
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Designed by Donghwan
with Fountain
chair design fountain fountain studio furniture pattern product product design seat tamable
chair design fountain fountain studio furniture pattern product product design seat tamable
Inspiration​​​​​​​
Styrofoam has the property that deforms accordingly 
when subjected to more than a certain amount of force and pressure.
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Concept
Starting with these insights, ‘Tamable Chair’ is a furniture project 
that is gradually optimized for user’s body shape, 
interacting sensibly and physically between each other.
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chair design fountain fountain studio furniture pattern product product design seat tamable
Physical taming study
In this process, an overall research was conducted 
on the size and shape of patterns with choosing type of materials 
optimized to allow chair to be dramatically influenced and transformed when person sits on a chair.
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Pattern specification
Material : EPS(Expandable Polystyrene)
Height : 27mm
Angle : 70’
Distance of Point : 25mm
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Manufacturing
Tamable Chair was manufactured by processing EPS(Expandable Polystyrene)
with CNC Equipment for detailed implementation of the patterns.
chair design fountain fountain studio furniture pattern product product design seat tamable
Designed by Donghwan
with Fountain
chair design fountain fountain studio furniture pattern product product design seat tamable
chair design fountain fountain studio furniture pattern product product design seat tamable
Taming point
The user's sitting position determines the taming point by back, seat, and leg.
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chair design fountain fountain studio furniture pattern product product design seat tamable
Ergonomic deformation
The shapes of the seat and the backrest become more 
suitable and comfortable for the human body as they are used.
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chair design fountain fountain studio furniture pattern product product design seat tamable
Physical & Sensuous Interaction
Physical marks are intuitively visible and users can feel the changes sensibly in the taming process.
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chair design fountain fountain studio furniture pattern product product design seat tamable
Before & After Taming​​​​​​​
In the early stages of using, the users may feel unfamiliar 
when they sit on the chair, but the more they use it, 
the more chair becomes tamed and optimized.
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chair design fountain fountain studio furniture pattern product product design seat tamable


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Fountain Studio is a product design studio based on portfolio education.
students are educated and experience in design, making processes, manufacturing, design tools and encourage work with passion.
 Just like Fountain, students in the Fountain Studio study design, and they can melt the different styles they get from the study into their portfolio.


Contact
https://www.instagram.com/studio_fountain/
Fountain studio, 55, Donggyo-ro 17-gil, 
Mapo-gu
Seoul ,Korea
a.studio.fountain@gmail.com​​​​​​​
Fountain studio 2020



TAMABLE CHAIR
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