Henrietta loves this… because it's so much more meaningful when there's a story behind a design and Walt Disney knows how to tell a tale better than most. Launching at Design Miami, Cappellini and Walt Disney Signature has produced a special series of the Tron armchair, inspired by the upcoming film Tron: Legacy. Without going too far into the plot here, Tron is about a young man who - while investigating the disappearance of his father, a video game developer - gets sucked into a crazy mad cyber world where he proceeds to have thrilling multi dimensional adventures.
It's a lot to ask a chair to convey, but the Cappellini design, by Dror Benshetrit, pays homage to the digital landscape in the film in both form - which is comprised of "intersecting layers and textures of digital rock"; and material - the chair consists of impregnated fiberglass with polyester resin processed with manual layering. The result is a somewhat unusual 3D high tech chair, perfect for those intent on total entertainment immersion.
