2022
Marionettist
Robotics · Furniture · Fabrication
The Marionette chair is a concept that uses cables to adjust its own posture. By manipulating cable tension, the chair moves through a range of positions until the user finds the one that suits them, at which point the connectors are welded in place to lock it. The same set of parts can produce entirely different chairs, making each piece one of a kind.
Movement Exploration
Sketching and animating how the linked segments swing and settle as cable tension shifts, mapping the chair's range of motion before committing to hardware.
Parts
A small kit of repeated segments, joints and cable connectors: the entire vocabulary the chair is built from.
Variations
The same parts, re-tensioned and re-welded, yield distinct silhouettes, every chair a different resolution of the same system.
