Reto Togni
MA work
MA work
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Studio, Reto Togni 2017
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Workshop, Reto Togni 2017
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Experimental Prototype, Reto Togni 2017
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Body Extension, Reto Togni 2017
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Reagiro
Reagiro is the world's first manual everyday wheelchair with an actual steering system. A user can control the movement of the chair through upper body movement rather than breaking and pushing. Tests with number of people with paraplegia have shown that such a system can provide immense values on different levels: It can improve body awareness and stimulates muscles that are not often used otherwise. It enables a delightful and smooth way of moving with less energy loss and above all, offers easy one-handed propulsion. Freeing one arm from controlling the chair will have significant impact on both how people use wheelchairs as well as on how society perceives them.
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Design
Programme
MA Innovation Design Engineering, 2017
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Contact
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+44 (0)7821 911520+41 (0) 79 250 78 76
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I like mundane stuff, the normal and the unpretentious. I've got a strong interest in how people use things, what they do with them and how that, in turn, shapes who they are. I believe that design is both a driver as well as driven by material culture and needs to be aware of the complex agencies objects have. For me a great design lies at the intersection of familiarity and surprising novelty and might be achieved through clever use of technology, rigorous analysis of existing dynamics or radical aesthetic development.
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Degrees
- BA Industrial Design, Zurich University of the Arts, 2012
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Experience
- Industrial Designer, Steuri Industrial Design, Zurich, 2012-2013; Teaching Assistant Industrial Design, Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich 2013-2014; Research Associate Industrial Design, Zurich University of the Arts, Zurich since 2014
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Awards
- Jury-Prize & Audience Award, LED-Design Competition, Energydays, 2014; Jury-Prize, Garden Unique Competition, Spoga+Gafa, 2012; Bronze, Lista Office Award, 2010
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Publications
- Alexis Malefakis / Reto Togni / Thomas Laely (2017). AUTO DIDACTICA, Wire Models From Burundi. Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Publishers.