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Cima takes ladders to new heights
By squirrelbait - Aug 13, 2007
Step stools, painting ladders, the fancy ones you can buy from Moss, and of course, the old ladder in your closet held together by one rusty bolt--these are all different, but still, very much the same, stair-like contraptions. Barcelona, Spain-based designers Sergio Mahler and George Papadogiannis have developed the Cima Ladder, a height-enhancing object like no other. It is a single component composed of a carbon fiber composite and it's super light, visually and physically. Weighing in at less than a kilogram, Cima is easily transportable but also extremely strong and able to support the weight of the user who climbs in the spirit and formation of climbing a tree.
The composite materials gives us the opportunity to re-think and redefine the ladder, to come out of the closet and stand proudly in the salon of the house.
This way of re-thinking the ladder brings life to a normally unnoticed but important tool that goes beyond the pure function.
Cima was selected as one of 20 products chosen for the Composites-on-Tour exhibition organized by Design Flanders, Belgium, and is currently making the second half of its international rounds.
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Jeannie is a true jack-of-all trades, looks forward to a day gone swimmingly, and finds joy in all things awesome. Brilliant art, rocking the renegade music scene, conjuring up haute designs, other people's hot designs, tasty salad, trashy magazines and unicorns are some of the many things she is passionate about.
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7 Comments
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another less-useful-than-the-original fashion item. can't we do something worthwhile, fellow designers?!Report as spam
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Looks good. But Seems to have very poor functionality. How does a person stand on a single rung and do any work. Also if a person is coming down, what if he puts the wrong foot down first and misses the rung? Can prove to be pretty lethal then.!Report as spam
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great if you dont mind falling off when you try and stand with level feet. Can you imagine doing anything with one leg lower than the other? I dont get it.!Report as spam
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As nice as the design is, as much it seems only reasible indoors as the surfaces need to be straight...
I like the footpath tho. :)!Report as spam -
Excellent idea & great design.!Report as spam
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NIce, however the concept is very old and called "ship stairs" a normal trick used in boats to give stairs in tight spots that have very high angles.!Report as spam
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at first I thought really cool concept to renew something that have looked the same for ages but thinking about it how fun will it be to paint your whole house with just support for one foot (you cant have both feet at the same level)
Anyway fresh idea hope they develop it further.!Report as spam
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