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Ida

Chair for Dextop

Ida embodies a unique design through an elegant and timeless aesthetic, focusing on simplicity, ergonomics, materials and modern craftsmanship. It showcases how prosumer products like Do-It-Yourself furniture can be intelligent, sophisticated, functional and, most importantly, sustainable. The chair can be customized and ordered online, ready to assemble or locally made by anyone using a web platform and digital fabrication technologies. The result is a versatile chair with a single sustainably sourced material and a few parts assembled in seven easy steps without nails, screws or glue.

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Offering a diversity of language options for Ida translations: Chair EN, Stoel AF, Karrige SQ, ወንበር AM, كرسي AR, Աթոռ HY, Kreslo AZ, Aulkia EU, Крэсла BE, চেয়ার BN, Stolica BS, Столът BG, ကုလားထိုင် MY, Cadira CA, Lingkuranan CEB, Mpando NY, 椅子 ZY, 椅子 ZH, Sedia CO, Stolica HR, Židle CS, Stol DA, Stoel NL, Seĝo EO, Tool ET, Tuoli FI, Chaise FR, Cathair GD, Cadeira GL, სკამი KA, Stuhl DE, Καρέκλα EL, ખુરશી GU, Chèz HT, Kujera HA, Noho HAW, כיסא HE, कुर्सी HI, Lub Rooj Zaum HMN, Szék HU, Stóll IS, Oche IG, Kursi ID, Cathaoir GA, Sedia IT, 椅子 JA, Kursi JV, ಕುರ್ಚಿ KN, Орындық KK, កៅអី KM, Intebe RW, 의자 KO, Kursî KU, Отургуч KY, ເກົ້າອີ້ LO, Sella LA, Krēsls LV, Kėdė LT, Stull LB, Стол MK, Seza MG, Kerusi MS, കസേര ML, Siġġu MT, Te Tuuru MI, खुर्ची MR, Сандал MN, कुर्सी NE, Stol NO, ଚେୟାର OR, څوکۍ PS, صندلی FA, Krzesło PL, Cadeira PT, ਕੁਰਸੀ PA, Scaun RO, Стул RU, Nofoa SM, Столица SR, Chair SN, ڪرسي SD, පුටුව SI, Stolička SK, Stol SL, Kursi SO, Setulo ST, Silla ES, Korsi SU, Kiti SW, Stol SV, Upuan TL, Курсӣ TG, நாற்காலி TA, Урындык TT, కుర్చీ TE, เก้าอี้ TH, Sandalye TR, Oturgyç TK, Крісло UK, کرسی UR, ئورۇندۇق UG, Stul UZ, Ghế VI, Cadair CY, Stoel FY, Isitulo XH, שטול YI, Alaga YO, Isihlalo ZU, to suit your project's needs.


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Unique Properties

Ida is the first in a series of DIY circular furniture. It is easy to make, simple, durable and uses a single sustainably sourced material. It can be made of certificated bamboo ply or hardwood plywood with natural oil finishing. It can be customised online, ordered ready-to-assemble, or locally made by anyone, using a web-based platform and digital fabrication technologies. The result is a sustainable chair with only eight parts assembled in seven easy steps without nails, screws or glue.

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chair, digital fabrication, bamboo, prosumer, sustainable, circular economy, furniture design, CNC, open design, distributed design

Production Technology

Users can fabricate the chair using optimised digital files and equipment commonly available in makerspaces or at home, like a hand-held or small-size 3-axis CNC router. The use of materials like certified bamboo ply and circular design principles demonstrates special attention to sustainability. The surfaces are treated with non-toxic natural oil, and some options use HPL Laminated to increase durability. The design adopts parametric modelling and algorithms-aided design to facilitate the digital model analysis, modification and optimisation, thus ensuring greater material efficiency, modularity and adaptability to different CNC machines and local context requirements.

Design Challenge

Despite the potential of the DIY market to provide more sustainable living standards via digital fabrication technologies and sustainable production practices, DIY furniture has not been widely implemented, particularly in developing and emerging markets. Ida chair is an easy-to-make, innovative, and sustainable DIY chair optimised for small 3-axis CNC Routers —the most common model available in makerspaces worldwide. It responds to a growing demand for solutions that prevent negative environmental impacts of personal fabrication, allowing for responsible prosumption.

Project Duration

The project started in April 2020 in Itajaí (Brazil), with prototyping completed in June 2022 and a web-based platform in development.

Operation Flow

A web-based platform with assistive/enabling tools (3D configurators, augmented reality, interactive manuals) and digital assets (CNC files, documentation) allows the design and fabrication process to adapt to users' knowledge, skill level, and needs. Hence, users can customise the chair to fit their personal or home style and easily download it using those digital tools. Alternatively, the chair can be ordered online and shipped flat pack to be assembled in a few easy steps by its new owner without glue, nails or screws. Assisted by interactive online manuals, users can repair, replace parts and upcycle the product.

Research

Fabrication at a personal level is increasing remarkably due to the democratisation of access to digital fabrication technologies, the rise of makerspaces, and the widespread dissemination of the maker culture (do-it-yourself movement) on the internet. As the involvement of lay citizens in product fabrication processes is becoming more commonplace, it is paramount to accelerate the transition to alternatives to traditional centralised mass production. Ida chair and its business model make expensive networks of physical retail stores obsolete by focusing on-demand director-to-consumer sustainable solutions that connect consumers to local resources and production (prosumption).

Inspiration

Ida is a do-it-yourself chair inspired by the overwhelming need for alternatives to the traditional mass-production model, like sustainable personal fabrication. The chair integrates the precision of digital fabrication technologies with the finest environmental-friendly materials and craftsmanship. It is designed to empower people and organisations to use sustainable materials and emerging technology to participate in the widespread implementation of sustainable production and consumption.

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Jairo da Costa

Project Overview

Ida Chair has been a Bronze winner in the Furniture Design award category in the year 2022 organized by the prestigious A' Design Award & Competition. The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

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Bronze Recognition

Jairo da Costa Junior was recognized with the coveted Bronze A' Design Award in 2023, a testament to excellence of their work Ida Chair.

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Introducing Ida: The Sustainable DIY Chair by Jairo da Costa Junior

Jairo da Costa Junior unveils Ida, a sustainable DIY chair designed to revolutionize furniture production


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