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Platz! | Shopping Addicted
My collected bills from shopping at big C. Must be around 188,- euros.
Platz! | Final presentation
Brandnew photos from the presentation of our short-term semester project, the extended Herman chairs.
The documentation of my little Herman is coming up.
Platz! | Hot wire experiments
In order to produce a disgusting smell, Karl-Heinz advised me to burn some PE plastic. Now i did this amazing experiment, which reminded me of school lessons in physics. Well, i guess this part should be rather easy.
Platz! | Longing for smoke
Thanks to Niklas i went to Conrad and got myself this Mini Zero Blaster. The package promises to “shoot real fog rings”. Well, in a way, it does, but you better watch it yourself:
Platz! | Idea 5: The Embarrassment
When you sit down and touch the chair back, a lamp which is mounted under the chair lights up. The stronger you lean back, the brighter the light becomes. This should be a very simple and easy to learn principle, that invites you to play with it.
Having reached a certain level of brightness, the light suddenly flashes up and you hear the sound of a blow. Now the light is off and you can see or smell a little smoke coming up from under the chair. The system won’t work any more for a few minutes making you believe you destroyed it.
Platz! | Idea 4: The fake
I got it all wrong. Herman can only be the idea of a chair, if you expect it to be one. This idea plays with that. At the first glance, Herman appears to be a properly solid chair, but when you sit down, you feel the thruth. The material suddenly starts to bend and go down to the ground.
No sensors and no electronics are needed for this modification. just a little replacement of materials and a few springs.
Platz! | Idea 3: The aging Chair
The longer you sit on the chair, the more sensitive it reacts on slight movements of the sitting person and plays back some creaking sounds. Changes of pressure and tension become directly audible. Movements on the chair are proportionally translated into sound. It can be irritating as well as be fun to torture little herman.
Platz! | Idea 2: Der Lehrstuhl a.k.a. Sitting Pretty
Before you sit down, the chair appears normal. After taking the seat, the chair back reacts to your posture immediatly. If you sit down bent forward, the chair back flaps onto your back. It presses your body a little, so that you don’t feel comfortable in that position.
When you move backwards, the chair back reduces the pressure. If you are in a straight position now, the chair back is also upright without pressing your back. If you attempt to lean back, the chair back also moves backwards, always keeping a little distance to your body. In this way you are continuously invited to take a healthly, straight posture, as long as you want to sit most comfortably.
Platz! | Idea 1: Electric Chair
Two little electrodes are integrated in the seat rather inconspicuously. Now if you sit down too quickly, which means a strong pressure is put onto the chair, you perceive an electric shock. Optionally a flashlight lights up at the same time, to guarantee a good visual effect.
As an alternative behaviour, you get an electric shock anytime you don’t sit absolutly still on the chair. Even a slight movement results in an electric shock.