Responsive Furniture expands and contracts according to users' needs
Design Academy Eindhoven graduates Christian Hammer Juhl and Jade Chan have created a series of whimsical furniture items that respond to people's changing requirements.
Called Responsive Furniture, the collection featuring a coat stand, coffee table, sofa, chair and stool was showcased at the London Design Fair, as part of the London Design Festival 2018.
Each piece of furniture has been designed to accommodate the user's different needs, such as a coat stand that multiplies its pegs, and a sofa that can shrink to 10 per cent of its original size to save space.
"We aimed to look at everyday objects and give them a twist to allow them to adapt to everyday needs and behaviours," said the designers, who head design studio Christian and Jade. "Inspired by the responsiveness of digital interfaces, we wanted to translate this into our everyday physical environment in order to make us more aware of our surroundings," they explained.
The first item in the collection is a black coat stand with a navy base. At the top of the stand is a white sphere that splits in half to create two additional pegs when sufficient weight is applied to the structure.
Another product in the range is a coffee table that has a semi-spherical body with three spring-like legs with red bases. At its centre is a separate platform that raises to create an additional storage space when items are placed on the table's surface.
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