Campus Stories - design

Designer: Xander Bremer; Name of chair: Swoop Chair; Material: Laminated cherry plywood; Dimensions: 30"x20"x20". The Swoop Chair brings modern vacuum technology to the plywood lamination technique pioneered by Charles and Ray Eames in the 1940's. Swoop re-imagines the Eames' lounge chair for the 21st century.
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The Chair – June 6-30

See eleven unique and beautiful chairs designed by students enrolled in ARTSTUDI 262, The Chair, taught by John Edmark. Each chairs’ design and fabrication was informed by historical reference, anthropometrics, form studies, intensive user testing and materials investigations. Meet the Stanford students who designed and fabricated the chairs at the opening reception on June 6…

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It’s all about the space at Stanford’s design school

The spaces within Stanford’s popular d.school are as creative as the furniture and fixtures are inventive, and every aspect of the space impacts behavior. In his foreword for Make Space, David Kelley, the founder of the design school as well as the design firm IDEO, writes, “Regardless of whether it’s a classroom or the offices…

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