Designer Paul Sandip from India has shared with us his Mr. Chair concept, an homage to his favorite designer Philippe Starck who had the 62th birthday on the 18th of this month.
Designers words:
It was the 62th birthday of my favorite designer Philippe Starck on the 18th of this month.
I wanted to pay homage to his childlike curiosity hence I created a playful version of Mr.Impossible. I choose to demonstrate 3 attributes of him….which were the imagination of a painter, curiosity of a scientist and the enigma of a magician.
Mr. Chair is a curious four legged piece of electrostatic furniture for kids and adults who hate to grow up!
Considering that play is the work of a child. This is an attempt to trigger CURIOSITY, the most important characteristic of children / creative adults and bring about this human experience through a chair. The 3 attributes I choose to demonstrate were the imagination of a painter, curiosity of a scientist and the enigma of a magician. All of which were found to be as aspirations when asked to children about their future professions.
How does it work?
The agility of hyperactive kids using this piece of furniture with all their enthusiasm would generate electrostatic energy within the polystyrene balls by just shaking the chair, which then would create a curiously delightful sight all by itself.
It comes in 3 variants:
(A) Mr. Scientist – transparent with white polystyrene balls.
(B) Mr. Painter – yellow opaque seat with transparent base and yellow polystyrene balls.
(C) Mr. Magician – translucent seat and opaque base both in red with white polystyrene balls.
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