July 01, 2005
The Lonely Home Bench
Bench Pet
The LonelyHome bench, by Tobi Schneidler and m.a.o.works, is a "socially intelligent design object", part domestic furniture and part robotic pet. You can use it as a normal bench but it will come alive unexpectely to confront you and challenge your presence. It might, for example, try to throw you off when you sit down and moves when you stroke it.
The LonelyHome is a relative of the The RemoteHome, an apartment that exists in two cities at the same time and connects close friends over distance through tangible design elements. Video. The LonelyHome bench is at Victoria & Albert Museum, London, until August 29th 2005, as part of the Touch Me exhibition. [blogged by Regine on we-make-money-not]
Posted by jo at July 1, 2005 08:17 AM
