Formid

The Formid Paper Seat is designed to shake up the sedentary with something sustainable, communicative, and eco-conscious. Users are able to stay active thanks to the rounded base that encourages regular movement in order to stay balanced. Made from sustainable materials such as structural paper and repurposed mining resources, this seat helps shrink consumers’ carbon footprint and even boasts seven different measurements to suit any user or environment. Users can set and track their own activity goals and the seat will vibrate to keep their goals on track. Clean design, sustainability, and movement come together in a form that is both understated and effective.

Purpose

• Prototype active seat constructed from paper, paper products, and slag

Slender Features

• Paper leg edges

Novel Features

• Paper as a structural material

Progressive Features

• Design tailored to individual owners using algorithms

Notable Value

• Formulating and communicating an effective project process
• Collaborative conceptual design
• Establishing the structural concepts in play
• Literature research of paper mechanical properties and distillation into practical design information
  

LINKS:
Formid
Domtar Newsroom

SHOUT OUTS:
Sean Reinsma (Blackwell) – Project Engineer (SWX modeling, design calculations, formulae for parametric design model)

IMAGE CREDITS:
Danielson Architecture Office