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The designer Alice Wang visited us in the Appartamento in Milan and talked to us about her approach to design and the methodologies she uses. Looking at mundane activities from a psychological and emotional point of view with a particular interest in the man machine relationship, she manages to create everyday objects with a certain twist, unmasking the "dark side" of our everyday actions. Her latest project Chairs for the Dysfunctional is dealing with the fact that the society we live in is changing and therefore the interactive side of these daily objects should change with us. "Perhaps the function of the objects stay, but it is the process of how we interact with them that must change. Should there be different chairs designed for people with different sitting habits? Do you sit on all four legs or just two? Do you continuously shake your leg? Or do you like to sit with your back facing the public?" This series of chairs, presented at this year's Salone Satellite in Milan, illustrates each of these stories. "Will these chairs become props that normalize the unwelcomed habits? Or will they act as therapy to “cure” one’s syndromes?"

This chair is specially designed for people who tilt their chairs. It has a spirit leveler attached to the side allowing one to measure how balanced one is.

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Researchers believe these unconscious muscle movements may be caused by a chemical produced in our brain to trigger additional calories to be burnt. This chair calculates the amount of calories burnt when one fidgets or shakes their leg when sitting down.

Researches show that taller people are more likely to be successful in life. This may well be part of the nature’s natural selection process, however, can products help strive against such theories? In order for shorter people to still have a chance of survival in the modern day society, these chairs are specially designed so everyone is equal at the table. The taller one is, the shorter their chair should be. Each chair can be customized so everyone sits at the world average sitting height of 140cm.

Those with excess gas in their abdomen can find it difficult to hold it in sometimes, even at important times such as formal dinner gatherings or meetings. Quietly letting the gas out may be the solution, but although the sound may be muted, the scent is still present. It can often cause misunderstanding and unnecessary embarrassment for the innocent others.This chair announces who the gas is from by amplifying the silent fart exhausted.

More and more people are reliant on online social communities such as Facebook and Twitter, leading to possible technology related anti-social behaviours. Those who are used to regularly publishing their personal life online may have difficulty adjusting to public scenarios in real life and may loose the ability to speak or interact with others face to face.This chair allows one to update their status like they usually do on their online profiles byputting up various signs that shows their current status.