Carlo Ratti: Kinetic stool

Carlo Ratti Associati will unveil a special kinetic wooden stool designed for Cassina using the “implicit programming” design principle and CNC technologies. #MDW2017

During Milan Design Week, Carlo Ratti Associati and Cassina will unveil SWISH, a kinetic wooden stool that shows the possibilities of “implicit programming” as a design principle.

Carlo Ratti Associati, SWISH stool for Cassina, 2017
Carlo Ratti Associati, SWISH stool for Cassina, 2017
Carlo Ratti Associati, SWISH stool for Cassina, 2017
Carlo Ratti Associati, SWISH stool for Cassina, 2017
Carlo Ratti Associati, SWISH stool for Cassina, 2017
Carlo Ratti Associati, SWISH stool for Cassina, 2017

  The project stems from a system patented by Carlo Ratti Associati that uses digital fabrication to create objects that are pre-programmed to take different shapes. Produced with CNC machinery, SWISH is a lightweight seat made of 27 thin wooden elements. The components are interlocked through a system of individually designed junctions and hinges, each different from the other. As a result, the object can take different configurations, in a way that wouldn’t be possible with traditional techniques.

Carlo Ratti Associati, SWISH stool for Cassina, 2017


SWISH
Design: Carlo Ratti Associati
Manufacturer: Cassina

4 – 8 April 2017
Cassina 9.0
Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli
viale Pasubio 5, Milan