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Free Fall Chair by Ezri Tarazi Or Israeli Design by Dummies Posted: 14 Nov 2011 12:05 AM PST To know the work of Ezri Tarazi, a leading Israeli academic/ philosopher designer, is to wonder why I even dared credit a dummy for any of it. And yet, here she is: The woman behind the design – literally, ha! You see, Tarazi and helpers created this metal chair by dropping a 100kg (roughly 220 lb) female mannequin onto the metal, square frame. It’s a ‘free fall’ effect by which her weight and its impact, force not only the dummy to ‘sit’ into the chair but also the chair to conform to her. Bizarro cover of Tom Petty’s Free Falling song aside, the slo-mo video below is actually a compelling demonstration. If you’re at all like me, you’ll find yourself cheering that moment of impact – or shall I say that moment of creation or design. For more on Tarazi’s forward-thinking and thought-provoking designs: designboom via Core77

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