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The Osteon V1 Chair is the first chair to be designed using 3D tools and artificial intelligence. Produced by Laser sintering the Osteon chair is made of a cosmetic skin and intelligent internal structure. Like the biological bone mechanism and structure, the artificial intelligence software knows where to create the right support. Together with Dr Siavash Mahdavi of Complex Matters,
Assa Ashuach has managed to create a progressive workflow that incorporates stress analysis and intelligent tools as part of the design and production process. Like DNA code this new production format enables the perfect realisation of a virtual object.
The artificial intelligence software shows where all the stress points on the chair’s structure are for a given load (in this case 120kg). The package also designs in an internal support system within the chairs structure (a kind of honeycomb) to support the load.
The entire chair is then made on a rapid prototyping machine. The Osteon Chair is the first use of this group of technologies, and it has already attracted considerable interest. The system has many applications, construction being one of them. Metropolitan Works is an LDA funded project.