Mahdi Naïm Studio Develops AERIS Bicycle Saddle with 3D Printed Lattice and Vegetable-Tanned Leather

Mahdi Naïm Studio has developed AERIS, a bicycle saddle that combines 3D printed lattice structures with vegetable-tanned leather to demonstrate how additive manufacturing and traditional craftsmanship can work together. The design approach shows how modern production technologies and conventional materials can be intentionally integrated from the concept phase forward.

Mahdi Naïm Studio, an industrial design practice led by designer Mahdi Naïm, has unveiled AERIS, a bicycle saddle in active development built around a single design hypothesis: additive manufacturing and traditional craft produce a coherent object only when both are conceived together from the…

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