Taiwanese girl invents tofu-shaped breathing chair

Wu, who has a girlish hairstyle, said that as she has problems with her knees, she wanted to design a chair that can buffer the pressure put on her knees when she sits down; and be sufficiently elastic to sustain her body when she stands up. The two sides of the tofu-shaped chair automatically transform into two arms when a person is sitting down, so the chair is as comfortable as a sofa.

Wu added that her other inspiration for a chair with holes came from plant cells. The appearance of the holes makes people believe that the chair can breathe. Moreover, for the movement of either sitting down, being seated or standing up, the chair can transform in accordance with sitting posture, acting as if it were breathing.

Wu, who graduated from Tatung University in June, hopes to study at a Swedish art design school to continue her design creation. She is eager to design smart and practical kitchen utensils. Wu's works were also selected by this year' Young Designers' Exhibition in Taiwan. The "breathing chair" was submitted to the red dot design competition in July and stood out from 4,800 works from over 60 countries and regions to win the "red dot design award" in the home furniture design concept category. Wu will go to Singapore next month to receive her award and her chair will be displayed at the local Red Dot Design Museum for one year.

Translated by LOTO