Heart Surgeon's Throne​

A reading chair for the surgeon's house

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During an internship at an architecture firm in Zurich, I have developed a custom furniture concept for a client who is a cardio-vascular surgeon for many years. The concept is a luxurious reading chair resembling a heart, and was meant as a designerly embodiment of his many years of hard and important work. I wanted to mix the feeling of comfort with the feeling of personal pride, accomplishment, and memory to create a very personalized relaxation experience. Alternatively, this could also be used as a piece of specialty furniture in a private heart clinic. Both the modelling and rendering have been done in Fusion 360, Cinema 4D and Adobe Photoshop.

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Learning points

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Conceptualization — how do I reflect the heart surgeon's decades of life-saving work in a piece of furniture? What is an appropriate aesthetic? How does symbolism fit into that?

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In order to make the most out of an unexpected and unique result, I need to create countless iterations to create the best version which embodies that serendipidy.

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Modelling, material authoring, rendering, and 3D printing.

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