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Cima takes ladders to new heights

By squirrelbait - August 13, 2007

in Materials | Object Culture

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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peter

17 years ago

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another less-useful-than-the-original fashion item. can't we do something worthwhile, fellow designers?
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Christopher

17 years ago

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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.
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huh

17 years ago

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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.
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wolf

17 years ago

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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. :)
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REUBENMILLER

17 years ago

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Excellent idea & great design.
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zippyflounder

17 years ago

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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.
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aquastealth

17 years ago

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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.
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