Venus – Natural Crystal Chair
October 10th, 2008I am quite a fan of rapid prototyping projects, but I’m not sure if this one qualifies. Venus is the latest project by Tokujin Yoshioka, a Japanese designer. It is a ‘Natural Crystal Chair’, the production process is so different than any other chair out there. A substrate made of polyester elastomer forms the skeleton and is submerged in a tank, here grow the crystals on that substrate.
Amazing stuff!
October 10th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
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October 10th, 2008 at 6:05 pm
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October 10th, 2008 at 6:09 pm
Thanks for the compliment Dino!
October 11th, 2008 at 12:58 am
wow,
Can you really sit on it?
October 11th, 2008 at 5:25 am
It looks cool but does not look very comfortable.
October 11th, 2008 at 9:43 am
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October 13th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
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October 17th, 2008 at 12:45 am
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October 17th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
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October 20th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
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October 22nd, 2008 at 11:59 am
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February 16th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
what chemical (the mineral) is used?
March 8th, 2009 at 1:50 am
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November 26th, 2009 at 10:39 am
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April 3rd, 2010 at 9:27 am
Looks like the crystal substance is alum (aluminum potassium sulfate) , which makes transparent octahedral crystals, is inexpensive and alum crystals are the type usually sutggested in children’s science fair cookbooks for making large crystals in saturated solutions using only water and alum. For large red crystals of the same shape use “chrome alum”.
April 3rd, 2010 at 10:03 pm
It looks neat. I prefer stuff that’s functional as well as beautiful, but to each his own.
September 3rd, 2010 at 9:51 pm
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