COMPLETED 2011
SALONE DEL MOBILE MILAN 2011
PUMP UP THE VOLUME_ Designed for renowned Italian furniture brand Saporiti Italia, the Woofer Chair eliminates the space between music and listener - creating a fully immersive soundscape.
Inspired by the form of the loudspeaker and coupled with technology that allows for sound waves to vibrate throughout the seat, the user hears and even feels the audio spectrum. As a chair, a woofer or the confluence of the two, the Woofer Chair's subtle duality is captured in its form — a "driver" that produces sound encased in a "cabinet" — the soft ergonomic inner portion tightly stretched over the hard fibre-glass outer shell. Its sheer size gives gravitas to the low bass resonances while the tapering of its sides to mere millimeters is a nod to the treble timbres.
Beyond its precise clarity of form, the Woofer Chair can also be uniquely customized to capture a myriad of aesthetic preferences. The basic square canvas surrounding the center seat is designed to be re-shaped and cladded, creating endless aesthetic iterations whilst maintaining the Woofer Chair's fundamental design and structure.
"If you've ever fancied relaxing in a loudspeaker, here's your chance. The Woofer Chair's design was inspired by a loudspeaker, and also has technologically advanced features, allowing sound waves to vibrate throughou the seat; this lets•the user hear and even feel the audio spectrum, thanks to sophisticated sound actuators hidden inside the fibreglass structure of the chair."
