My major project has been focused on interactive design, and more specifically new technologies used to aid the way we naturally interact with products. To add to this focus I wanted to take these technologies and apply them to typically non interactive or technological products, i.e. have an electronic interaction where you wouldn’t expect one. This product is an intuitive television control system embedded in the design of antimacassar covers.

An antimacassar is a small cloth placed over the backs or arms of chairs, or the head or cushions of a sofa, to prevent soiling of the permanent fabric. These are typically from the Victorian or Edwardian age. I have designed the controls to be as intuitive as possible using my observations of how users naturally want to perform specific actions. For example the On/Off control is activated when the user first sits down on the chair. This product brings interactive television control into the 21st Century, with an underlying Victorian theme through the use of the antimacassars.