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The Chair Voyager gives users a break from their day in the office, letting them roam around the World Mat to hear current events from regions around the world.
We designed the Chair Voyager to be simple and natural - there are no buttons to press, no devices to take out, and no searching or scrolling on a tiny screen. It encourages users to literally distance themselves from their desk and electronic devices. Rolling around the World Mat (a map of by color-coded continents) adds a playful element as well, and the constantly changing livestream of news stories maintains a sense of adventure. The ChairVoyager automatically pushes all articles heard by the user to the user's electronic device via Wifi, so that the user can refer to the articles later.
The Concept
We believe that transportation is more than a physical movement from one spot to another. Transportation can be mental. Transportation can occur within time and space.
Our group wanted to examine the idea of feeling transported to far away places without actually being there. We brainstormed a large variety of ideas, and eventually settled on an a special office chair the plays back curated news podcasts from the country on the World Mat they land on. These news stories are also shared via Wifi with the users electronic devices for future reference.
