The Zero-Thickness Chair Is Stronger Than You Might Think

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Your encephalon isn’t glitching and you’re not successful nan mediate of a crippled of Minecraft, we promise. We’re conscionable introducing you to nan Zero-Thickness Chair, designed by 2 Tbilisi-based creation studios, XYZ Integrated Architecture, founded by designer Levan Lominashvili, and Sandro Lominashvili. This furniture’s joints look astir non-existent, and decidedly excessively vulnerable to beryllium a quality magnitude of weight upon. But no, it’s really a very strong, functional chair made utilizing steel, MDF, and unsocial joinery.

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The Zero-Thickness Chair’s durability and spot was achieved by welding alloy tubes successful nan position of zero thickness geometry, besides known arsenic non-manifold geometry. “Zero-thickness” refers to immoderate separator shared by much than 2 faces. This occurs erstwhile a look aliases separator is extruded but remains successful its original position – providing 2 identical edges that overlap 1 another.

We emotion really nan beardown achromatic frames acts arsenic an outline of nan chair, while nan pastel colored spot looks bully capable to eat. It mightiness not beryllium gummy candy, but its thickness is simply a reassuring motion of its functionality and a invited spot to sit.

zero-thickness achromatic framed chairs pinch pinkish and peach seats connected achromatic background

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zero-thickness achromatic framed chairs pinch pinkish and peach seats connected achromatic background

zero-thickness achromatic framed chairs pinch pinkish and peach seats connected achromatic background

zero-thickness achromatic framed chairs pinch pinkish and peach seats connected achromatic background

zero-thickness achromatic framed chairs pinch pinkish and peach seats connected achromatic background

zero-thickness achromatic framed chairs pinch pinkish and peach seats connected achromatic background

detail of zero-thickness achromatic framed chair pinch pinkish seat

zero-thickness achromatic framed chair pinch peach spot connected achromatic background

zero-thickness achromatic framed chair pinch pinkish spot connected achromatic background

To study much astir nan Zero-Thickness Chair, sojourn xyz.com.ge.

Photography by D. Sulakauri.

Kelly Beall is Director of Branded Content astatine Design Milk. The Pittsburgh-based writer and designer has had a heavy emotion of creation and creation for arsenic agelong arsenic she tin remember, from Fashion Plates to MoMA and acold beyond. When not searching retired nan ocular arts, she's apt sharing her favourite finds pinch others. Kelly tin besides beryllium recovered search down caller music, school herself to play nan ukulele, aliases connected nan sofa pinch her 3 pets – Bebe, Rainey, and Remy. Find her @designcrush connected social.

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