Image source: Kartell — A.I.
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A.I.
Philippe Starck's 2019 chair, developed with an algorithm and made from recycled technopolymer.
540 × 810 × 530 mm
2019
3.9 kg
Approx. $870 (reference price; varies by region and retailer)
Official product information
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Description
Overview
The Kartell data sheet dates A.I. to 2019 and credits Philippe Starck as designer. The data sheet headline reads "The first chair created by artificial intelligence".
Construction
Material, per the sheet: a recycled, thermoplastic technopolymer containing a mineral filler, finished with a soft-touch treatment. Kartell says A.I. is the chair created for the first time using recycled material, with aesthetics and structural requirements unaltered, and that it remains an injection-moulded industrial product.
Specifications
- Dimensions: W 54 cm x D 53 cm x H 81 cm
- Weight: 3.9 kg
- Colours: White, Black, Gray, Mocha brown, Petroleum, Brown (sheet names)
- Code: 5886
- Test standards: EN 1728:2012+AC 2013 (L2), EN 16139:2013+AC 2013, EN 1022:2005
Story
A brief given to an algorithm
Kartell's text explains how the chair came about: creative thinking, the company's know-how and artificial intelligence merged to develop a model from an algorithm. Its starting point was the brief set by the designer and the company: a comfortable chair with the strength and solidity needed, true to one of Kartell's core values, an injection-moulded industrial product of high aesthetic quality.
Recycled material and Kartell loves the planet
Kartell places A.I. within the industrial manifesto Kartell loves the planet. In its news item on the IMM 2020 presentation in the Cologne flagship store, the company calls A.I. the first chair made of 100% recycled material and names Autodesk, a US producer of 3D engineering and entertainment software, as the collaborator alongside Philippe Starck.
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