Cosy Chair by SMAQ
SMAQ by Andreas Quendau & Sabine Maller
Cosy Chair, 2008
Rather than functioning as a conventional chair, it was conceived as an inhabitable radiator: a piece of furniture that delivers heat directly to the user instead of warming an entire room. The chair is constructed from long, bent stainless-steel tubes and connects to a building’s heating system via a hose, merging domestic heating infrastructure with seating. The hot water circulates, loses warmth and creates various temperature fields linked to specific usages: hot for heating the tea cup, still hot for feet and socks, warm for back and spine relaxing, lukewarm for the legs.
The project was presented internationally, including at Salone del Mobile 2008 in Milan and later exhibitions such as the Venice Biennale, and is often cited as an example of critical design that questions how we heat and inhabit interior spaces.
stainless steel
130 x 72 x 167 cm
