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Reader Submitted: Design Students Join Forces with Audi to Design a Car Seat that “Breathes”

A Team of design students at the Braunschweig University of Art, under the supervision of Dr. Manuel Kretzer, visiting professor ’Digital Crafting’, cooperated with Audi’s development/innovation unit, lead by Mike Herbig, to rethink the notion of the car seat and create an innovative vision of a dynamic structure for the future of autonomous driving.

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Final seat being activated
Credit: Maximilian Dauscha, Benedikt Schaudinn
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Final seat rear view
Credit: Maximilian Dauscha, Benedikt Schaudinn
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Final Seat side view
Credit: Maximilian Dauscha, Benedikt Schaudinn
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Final Seat front view
Credit: Maximilian Dauscha, Benedikt Schaudinn
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Final Seat front view
Credit: Maximilian Dauscha, Benedikt Schaudinn
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3D printed seat right after completion
Credit: Itai Vinograd, BigRep GmbH
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3D printed seat right after completion
Credit: Itai Vinograd, BigRep GmbH
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Close-up photo of chair and controller
Credit: Benedikt Schaudinn
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Concept sketch
Credit: Dong Kwon Lee
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Design and Form studies in elevation
Credit: Maximilian Dauscha
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http://www.core77.com/projects/67557/Design-Students-Join-Forces-with-Audi-to-Design-a-Car-Seat-that-Breathes