The one chair, that is made for you

This research presents a method to design and fabricate a task chair tailored to individual and specific data of the end-user. The aim is to respond to the question of a functional bespoke mass product and to reduce parts and production complexity to a mono-material geometry with arguments for circularity. This is done with a robotic setup with the application of conformal 3d printing. The specific application in the case of a task chair is chosen as a mid-scale object with the possibility of clear performance evaluation. The project explores the proposed systems from data collection to final product production, and investigates its performance towards linking user data, design process and robotic fabrication methods. The findings are a result of a design-based research methodology, which allowed for a dynamic and adaptive investigation into the subject. For this, the paper will articulate the fabrication setup, illustrate experimental testing and evaluate findings, as well as hypothesizing on design cases as demonstrator.