Starling Darling
I
felt it necessary to explore and emulate nature’s beauty. The Starling have many features that inspires
the construction and the sustainable features of the chair. Starlings are medium-sized song birds with
triangular wings hence the inverted triangular shaped arms of the chair. They have strong feet and their flight is
strong and direct. By mimicking this
concept in the chair, it’s smaller than most accent chairs in size
[3’10”
H x 2’ 7” W x 1‘8” D] and unusual shaped arms and legs are stronger than most
built chairs. I consulted the bird’s
skeletal system and applied the underlying design principles to shape, form,
and construct a sustainable piece of furniture that can carry it’s weight for
many years to come.
Furniture
has always found inspiration on the fashion runways, from color trends to
fabrics to construction. The link between fashion design and furniture design
is strong and everlasting.
Starling
Darling is built for comfort; therefore, it is also equipped with mechanics
that features some of today's most technological advances in bio-textiles and
electronics. Due to this blend of these
extraordinary components, a great deal of thought has been placed in the
analysis of kinetics, center of mass, and human comfort zones. The back of the chair is motorized and
reclines in the 3 most common positions for an adult.
The
“Starling Darling” is designed to highlight that close relationship to fashion
and to showcase its connection to nature.
It’s a perfect fusion
of
high fashion, kinetics, and biomimicry!
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