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GREER DESIGNS
MARII
A collaborative project on circular design products made from multi-use parts.
What is Open Design?
It is the development of physical products, machines, and systems through the use of publicly shared design information
What is Circular Design?
A design that conserves resources and the environment by planning future reuse and further use of its materials and components
"The Marii" takes a chair designed by Enzo Mari and upgrades it to a circular design chair built from multipurpose parts.
Mari's collection Autoprogettazione is furniture made from basic affordable material that people can make themselves
The redesigned chair still allows for people to build it themselves from affordable materials. it turns the chair into a collection of parts that are reusable in other builds.
Opportunity
Upgrade Enzo Mari's Open Design Chair
Goals
add storage, adjustable backrest, and built from multipurpose parts
Prototyping Process
Final Design
Marii Chair
Adjustable Backrest
With a simple adjustment using a wingnut, you can rotate the triangle piece to adjust the backrest to different positions
Multipurpose Parts
Multipurpose parts allow for multiple different builds. Using the Ikego catalog anyone can use a series of parts from the list and create their own inventions
Parts
The complete parts list for the Marii chair and for the additional builds
This project was made in collaboration with Mifactori as a Fall 2023 CO-OP
This post, including the images, is shared under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.
Local Makes of the Marii and other models above are welcome. Please donate 1 $/€ per make to the Mifactori studio here
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