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A chair upholstered in hair

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

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Slide 1: A low, boxy blue armchair covered in a mottled felt-like fabric, with deep sloping arms, on a pale gray groundPhoto: Human Material Loop / DDWMuseum or journal record
Slide 2: Diagram of a hair in skin: the shaft above the surface, the root inside a follicle that dips from the epidermis into the dermis, ending in a rounded bulbImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, 5.2 (source line drawn on the graphic)Museum or journal record
Slide 3: The blue armchair seen straight from the front: two padded back cushions meeting in a central seam, in mottled blue fiberPhoto: Human Material Loop / DDWMuseum or journal record
Slide 4: The blue armchair from behind and to one side, its sloping arm forming a long wedge, on a pale gray groundPhoto: Human Material Loop / DDWMuseum or journal record
Slide 5: Tall leaf shapes cut from the same blue felt-like fiber, standing up like a bunch of plant leaves against a pale backgroundPhoto: Human Material Loop / DDWMuseum or journal record
Slide 6: Side view of the blue armchair: a single sloped arm rising from front to back, mottled blue felt on a pale gray groundPhoto: Human Material Loop / DDWMuseum or journal record
Ring frame: Ring sundial, c. 1699 to 1749, Rijksmuseum (BK-16973)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record

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