unstudio for artifort

GEMINI
UNSTUDIO FOR
ARTIFORT
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GEMINI:
FLEXIBILITY &
VERSATILITY
Gemini for Artifort has been designed as
individual furniture pieces which can be
placed as single seating elements, in pairs
or in groups of various sizes and configurations. The concept for the design of the
chair centers on flexibility of movement,
versatility in seating positions and variety
in spatial experiences.
Gemini, UNStudio for Artifort
Presented at the Salone del Mobile, Milan
2014
Size 810 x 785 x 884
Seating Height: 400
Materials:
• Seat: foam with steel frame, upholstered
with Kvadrat Tonus3
• Frame: Steel powder coated (multiple
colors)
Credits
• UNStudio: Ben van Berkel, Caroline Bos
with William de Boer, Martijn Prins and
Maurits Fennis, Marcus Hahn
• Artifort: Sander van der Lande, RobertJan van Beuningen, Antoin van Hasselt
and Serife Alkaya, Mareie Landheer with
Leon Verlouw, Marloes Bomer
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Gemini is highly versatile and
suitable for a wide range of work
spaces
VARIETY OF
SEATING POSITIONS
Set upon an asymmetric frame, the
generously proportioned single-surface
body of the chair curves towards the floor on
one side and arches upwards to form both
an arm and a backrest on the other. This
contoured composition affords the user
variety in seating positions and directionality: they can sit up, slouch, lounge,
hang, repose or hunker, but they can also
shift, twist, turn, swing around, pivot to
face each other or turn towards the room.
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Pair, mirror, combine and rearrange Gemini to
create a highly personal, fitting environment
for any office space
SPATIAL DIVERSITY
Spatially Gemini introduces varying visual
orientations of the spaces in which the
chairs are placed and offers the possibility to choose between sitting alone, sitting
together or simply enjoying different views
of the surrounding space. When coupled
with either its direct twin or its mirrored
twin, the nonsymmetrical silhouette of both
the frame and the soft element transforms
to create a curvilinear symmetry.
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The Gemini can be upholstered in four different
ways, in one or two colours
CONSTRUCTION &
FINISHES
The asymmetrically-designed sofa base
has a powder-coat finish. The seat shell
with its gentle zigzag form consists of a
metal insert that is padded with foam as
a whole (foamed-frame technique). The
seat shell is then covered with Dacron
(Polyethylene terephthalate, or Terylene)
and upholstered with a stretch fabric. The
horizontal surface division is reinforced with
the aid of a special upholstery technique.
There are four types of upholstery available, in one or two colours.
The small matching table consists of a metal
frame covered with cut foam and Dacron,
after which the underside is upholstered
using a stretch fabric. The tabletop is made
of 45-mm thick solid oak and is finished
with an oil from the Artifort collection.
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top
3D top
l-side
front
l-side
785
785
554
10
20
400
480
400
554
884
front
r-side
3D
DRAWINGS:
CHAIR
10
20
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top
DRAWINGS:
SIDETABLE
320
11
R100
11
298
320
R89
3D
400
357
5
38
5
front
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Design sketches
Mold used to create Gemini
DESIGN PROCESS
Prototypes
Digital design
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Van Leeuwenhoekweg 20
5482 TK Schijndel
Stadhouderskade 113
1073 AX Amsterdam
Contact:
Ingrid Verhagen
Marketing & PR
T. 073 658 0045
E. iverhagen@artifort.com
Contact:
Michelle Gulickx
Business Development & PR
T. 020 570 2040
E. m.gulickx@unstudio.com
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