Kentaro Takagi

Abstract Pollinating insects often exhibit flower constancy, i.e., the tendency to make consecutive visits to the same flower species while disregarding others. This behaviour is commonly attributed to the cost of retrieving visual or motor memories from long-term storage while switching between flowers with distinct colours and shapes.

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designer kentaro takagi has engineered recycled pvc tubes into the structural, comfortable ‘i.e. chair’. by splitting the plastic tubes and bending them using heat, the designer created the shapes needed for the different parts of the chair. he then produced wooden structural joints and surfaces, onto which the pvc tubes attach to. front view the chair is light weight as it only uses hollow pvc tubes and light wood.