My design
Sumo Chair is designed to counteract anxiety and is inspired by Japanese sumo wrestlers and by the contrast of hardness and softness.A big lounge chair that everyone can have in their home. Anxiety or not - everybody needs a hug sometimes.
My inspiration
Over the last 4 years, I have been working at a home for mentally ill people. This gave me the inspiration to design a chair that counteracts anxiety. I have designed a new interpretation of an existing chair there are used to limit anxiety. I have been inspired by the contrast between softness and hardness and the interaction between functionality and aesthetics.
In the design I have incorporated tactility to give the chair a more exciting expression and to provide the consumer with a functional and aesthetic chair as well as to give a sensual experience.