Furniture is one predilect field in which designers around the world feel quite comfortable; there are so many directions one idea can go and there is still a lot to be explored, especially as the interiors are changing shapes pretty fast and pretty often. Building on ergonomic designs or simply trying to think outside the box, the most intriguing and fascinating furniture emerges – and if we're talking chairs, recliners and the likes, it really looks like the possibilities are almost infinite.

Solid proof in this regard comes from the British designer Matthew Plummer-Fernandez in the body of the SoundChair.

Now, the very special character of this particular piece of furniture isn't interesting in terms of materials or shape but in terms of the theoretical idea that stood at the base of its construction.

The SoundChair draws its name from the very fact that it has been designed following the tridimensional representation graph of a sound. The way the SoundChair looks is identical to the 3D plot of the respective sound wave, considering volume, time and frequency as the reference variables.

This way, a multitude of sounds have been analyzed, played, plotted and then re-analyzed until the one that gave a decent, usable graph shape became clear. No less than 719 sound samples have been played until the right one was found, the one whose graphic representation was indeed an appropriate shape for a feasible chair, with arm and back rests and all. Plummer-Fernandez has then "dissected" the resulting plot and has water jet-cut numerous "slices" of polyethylene foam which were then assembled and thus formed the proper chair.

Now, due to the particular way the design of the SoundChair came into being, this particular piece of furniture might not be the ultimate in terms of comfort and long-time use; nevertheless, you should definitely take into account that we're talking about bright and stunning ideas rather than about how to build the ultimately comfortable and indestructible throne. And to further emphasize the artistic side of Matthew Plummer-Fernandez's engineering, I'll add that the SoundChair retails for the breathtaking price of a tad over $7,000. Feel like buying? Enter here.


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