COUCH COUNSELLING

Forget couples counseling to tell you you're drifting apart from your lover. A UK designer has come up with a concept that’s illuminating relationships from their living rooms. This sofa is embedded with patterned lights which react to seating arrangements.

As a couple sit apart on the sofa, they are surprised when a cold blue pattern begins to grow around them signifying their distance apart from each other. With the pattern changing in relation to weight and proximity, as they move towards each other warm pink petals begin to form representing their closeness.

Using light emitting (Electroluminescent) technology in conjunction with trigger sensitive materials, the pattern is displayed in relation to where a person is sitting. The petals will randomly illuminate around your body and disappear when you move to another spot, meaning an ever evolving and changing pattern display occurs. With the thoughtful and playful development of the pattern, the wonderment of where the pattern will lead adds to the experience of using the sofa.