Ross Lovegrove shapes PolarisGo chair using space-mission data
Ross Lovegrove shapes his PolarisGo chair using the data from the Polaris Dawn space mission and injected magnesium. Made of aerospace-grade aluminum alloy, the industrial designer draws directly from the shock wave data of the mission launch for the design of the seat, made in collaboration with CreativeWorkStudios. In an interview with designboom, Ross Lovegrove says he has access to the Polaris Dawn flight data and uses it as follows. ‘I have taken this data and translated it into a frequency that is passed through the frame of the GO Chair creating four distinct polarized focus points in each corner of the seat,’ the industrial designer tells us.
He’s talking about the main surface of the chair,…