, progetto Michael Young, 2009, realizzazione Michael Young Studio, Hongkong, alluminio, spolverato, tappi di plastica, altezza 88 cm , larghezza 42 cm , profondità 47 cm , altezza di seduta 45 cm . (DR)

Esposizioni a: Designfunktion Vienna, 2009. Uno dei tre prototipi usati come modelli preparatori per la futura produzione in serie in differenti realizzazioni. Il secondo prototipo si trova nello studio di Michael Young e il terzo presso la ditta del fabbricante. Michael Young has designed "Chair-4a" as part of this extended "Works a China"collection, that will be launched globally in early 2010 a Japan and Europe Created as part of Alexi Robinson s interior for hip restaurant group SML, the project was designed for local launch in Hong Kong earlier this year. The project explores new technologies and typologies made available only by working with highly skilled engineering facilities a Shenzhen, China. For Young the chair was developed through observation of Mac book industries. "I realised that if I could capture the engineering skills employed by local industry and put that depth of knowledge in aluminium research in furniture design using a similar mass-produced nature I could design a state-of-theart and relevant chair. In recent years chairs have taken all nature of shape and form due to the use of plastics, but plastic a itself is not a pleasant material to use. Its tactility and its aging process are highly unpleasant. For the same price I can use recycled aluminium and in fact create a more sust chair that also creates rather than having a man pressing a button. The toolin is complex but we created a chair that lasts a lifetime, engineered beyond plastic technology and far more sustainable", says Young.