Dutch designer Ineke Hans has designed a steam bent conference chair for Kunsthalle Wien that is made using both manual and digital production methods.
Commissioned by the Kunsthalle Wien, the stacking chair is made by local Austrian furniture brand Gebrüder Thonet Wien.
The beech chair is partly made using steam bending, which was one of the first ‘industrialised’ furniture processes.
Meanwhile, the perforated star-shaped pattern on the chair’s seat is laser cut, and the arms, back and seat joints are all CNC cut to make the production process more economical.
“This process is still vital but looking at production nowadays it is regarded as a process with a lot of hand work,” explained Ineke Hans studio.
“To counterbalance costs and to make a viable product today, it needed different solutions. Therefore also digital means of production are applied.”
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