One-In-Five (2005) 

 

Design of One-In-Five is based on the examination on how people the cross cultural sitting behaviours in terms of comparison between chair sitting cultural behaviour and floor sitting clutural behaviour. Reflected on the cross cultural sitting behaviours to accommodate their demand of comfort, pleasure, adjustability and flexibility. One-in-Five is, therefore, a chair satisfying some of their wishes. It combines affordability with versatility by allowing different conformations. A chair is comfortable, chairs placed together to become a sofa; rotate the chair anti-clockwise and it becomes a double seat, or clockwise once more and it becomes a chaise lounge on its side as shown below.  It can be a table or a bench made out of translucent injected moulded plastic with elastic velvet fabric to make people feel warm and smooth. Accordingly, people can have different positions and thus different types of seats including lamp seats due to translucent plastic that creates a lovely mood at night for the user. When each One-in-Five joins together, the shape of the chair can be made bigger with a variety shapes. The design is also based on a round organic shape which will be aesthetically pleasing to users. Accordingly, its organic, intensive, and emotional shape brings dreams to people who are tired from daily life, some joys and dynamism.  It will be a dream seat for users.

 

 

The emotion driven chair designs was MA project, Designing for Aesthetic Interaction, in 2005 at Curtin University of Tehcnology in Perth. A design approach is introduced for designing a chair with added emotional aesthetics through a cross-cultural examination of sitting behaviour; for instance, by comparing floor sitting behaviour in Asian culture and chair sitting behaviour in Western culture. The study also entailed a comparison of cognitive images; for instance, comparison of the perception of comfort and of pleasure in relation to chair shape. The project contributes to how the design process (design methodology) can incorporate an emotional and interaction center approach through a cross-cultural perspective.