Kartell Stackable armchair Silver Plastic material. Dimensions: L 55 x Depth
55 cm x H 80 cm – Seat: H 46 x – Armrests: H 68 cm. Precious… The
A.I. armchair shines with its new metallic finishes which enhance the design.
The plastic becomes noble and sophisticated, granting a luxurious, glamorous
dimension to Kartell’s best sellers. The future is taking shape at Kartell…
Pioneer and visionary, the famous designer Philippe Starck continues to
innovate: he has created the first chair designed by artificial intelligence. To
draw it, Starck used Autodesk, an American company that specialises in 3D design
software. To design the A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) chair, Philippe Starck,
Autodesk and Kartell asked a single yet crucial question of Dreamcatcher (the
generative design software developed by Autodesk): Would you be able to give our
bodies a rest by using as little material and energy as possible? Without
culture, without memory, without influence, the software responded only with
intelligence, its artificial intelligence. A.I. is the first chair designed
outside our brains, outside our thinking habits. Human creative thought and
artificial intelligence therefore merged to design a chair made completely by an
algorithm which meets the original requirements: to create, using as little
material and energy as possible, a comfortable, solid seat that complies with
the aesthetic canons of the Kartell collections.The A.I. chair is the result of
a joint effort between artificial intelligence and human intelligence, defined
by Starck himself as Natural intelligence. Autodesk stated that the design
process using the artificial intelligence software was reminiscent of a child
learning. Starck described this process as very similar to a conversation
between two human beings. Why do chairs all look like each other? How can you
create a structurally different chair? At one point, I needed to open a new
door… explains Philippe Starck about the creation of the A.I. chair project.
This collaboration between human and artificial intelligence has shown that
artificial intelligence can assist the work of a designer by calculating what
the optimal responses are to a design idea. The A.I. chair is a symbol of the
experimental approach to design and the ecological involvement of designer
Philippe Starck. Coming from elsewhere, a new world is now open to us. A world
without limits… concludes Starck. No doubt the A.I. chair marks a turning
point for the future of design. Mark Davis, Design Futures Director of Autodesk,
states: Working with Starck and Kartell was a real source of inspiration. The
opportunity to understand their design philosophy and their approach to solving
problems was invaluable for our team, in the context of our reflection on the
future of manufacturing. It is a research collaboration at the height of
industrial design, which was able to obtain one of the most creative results
that we have tried to achieve with generative design. Thanks to a collaborative
relationship with artificial intelligence, humans will see their expertise in
terms of design and engineering amplified, which will increase their capacity
for innovation and productivity. Pursuing its technological research, Kartell
continues to innovate to select new materials that perform increasingly well and
are ever more environmentally friendly. The A.I. armchair is made from a 100%
recycled thermoplastic technopolymer, coming from industrial waste. With this
material, Kartell is making new inroads into environmental sustainability, by
using recycled materials, while ridding the environment of waste which is turned
back into raw materials, therefore triggering a virtuous cycle of the circular
economy.
