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View fullsize Proposed design methodology
Proposed design methodology
View fullsize Sensor data driving the 3D model generated.
Sensor data driving the 3D model generated.
View fullsize User readings being recorded with sensors on a chair.
User readings being recorded with sensors on a chair.
View fullsize Pressure distribution data among different pressure points.
Pressure distribution data among different pressure points.
View fullsize Algorithmically generated chair for a particular user.
Algorithmically generated chair for a particular user.

Algorithmic Industrial Design: 

A chair that designs itself

This project is an experiment on how physical products can learn from its users, to adapt and evolve its form to better serve them. This is explored in the context of work chair design - how a user sits is evaluated (using sensor data) with data analysis/machine learning and a design of the chair is algorithmically generated based on this analysis. The generated form slowly evolves real-time as the system learns more from the user. When materials that change shape are widely available, this method could be used to adapt and evolve the form of the chair with time/use. Imagine a work chair of the future that is uniquely yours and gets better by learning from you!

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Project Duration: 15 weeks.

Collaborator: Aravind Kolumum Raja

Tools: Machine learning, data analysis, Grasshopper, Rhinoceros, Arduino, R.

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