TRUNCATED OCTAHEDRON

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STATE OF SEAT. TRUNCATED OCTAHEDRON. 1 Truncated Octahedron Core. The core of the truncated octahedron is shaped like a cube and is not attached to the outer shell. 2 Truncated Octahedron Shell. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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TRUNCATED OCTAHEDRON

STATE OF SEAT

1 Truncated Octahedron Core

The core of the truncated octahedron is shaped like a cube and is not attached to the outer shell

2 Truncated Octahedron Shell

The shell of the truncated octahedron consists of 6 individual shapes: two truncated square pyramids and four similar shapes

3 Truncated Octahedron Moods

The truncated octahedron can be transformed into different pieces of furniture, which all reflect a certain

STATE OF SEAT

ARt

The truncated octahedron is a breath-taking sculpture thatshape. Ideally, it is placed in a large room that puts it at the

fascinates and surprises with its brilliant yet simple geometriccenter of attention and provides it with enough breathing space.

RElaxIt is possible to peel off the shell of the truncated octahedron, starting with the lower truncated square pyramid

This creates a RElax chAiR that offers support to both your back and legs !

LOunge

Turning the truncated octahedron a little and peeling off the shell once more, turns the

shape into a cosy LOunge chAiR

COmfort

True COmfort is reached when both arms are supported as shown on these pictures

CLub

Flipping down the upper truncated square pyramid reveals this very classy CLub chAiR with matching table…

COre

Finally, the COre appears to be a minimalistic shape that can have multiple functions (a table for example)

design by wim vernaeve

product development by Stephanie Van Kerckhove

COncept

Stephanie Van Kerckhove Wim Vernaeve

Pijkestraat 11

9041 Ghent

Belgium

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Stephanievankerckhove@hotmail.com wim_vernaeve@hotmail.com