The caquetoire was designed in order to give magnitude to the person seated within it, whilst also providing comfort to those who used it for the purposes of conversing. The designers tried to keep some of the original identity of the caquetoire whilst trying to adapt it to the modern world. Nowadays, through electronic devices such as mobile phones and computers, we have extended our possibilities of communicating. These modern tools of communication requires a minimum of privacy, privacy that the original caquetoire was not designed to give. The designers wanted a chair that keeps the conversing characteristics but integrate within it the ability of privacy.
The new caquetoire has two main characteristics: the first is shown within its shape, which provides more freedom for various seating and speaking positions. The second is to enclose yourself in a bubble of paper, which will give you your own private space. The positive and negative implications of this idea are truly subjective to each individual, which is why this chair has been designed to give choice.
Pages from the sketchbook.
Exploring the exaggeration of being covered became the next focal point. Creating a chair that could be turned into a capsule/bubble became the right concept to target as it had been approached before by Mathieu Lehanneur using a technical paper folding technique inspired us to which then became the catalysts for the final chair design.
This is the final design of our caquetoire expected. A guardrail system was applied on the side of the chair to enable it to completely cover the seats and allow easier coating. The new caquetoire has two main characteristics: the first is represented in its form, which offers more freedom for various posts talking head. The second is to lock yourself in a bubble of paper, which will give you your own private space. The positive and negative effects of this idea are really subjective to each individual, which is why this chair has been designed to provide choice.
The Mathematics.
Final caquetorie model.
Completion of the project, a question raised. The chair trying to combine two different uses, even anachronistic when it is closed, it reminds us of a capsule, a ''prison'' however chosen. Social networks, mobile etc, connect us to the other side of the panet, but do not we forget sometimes what surrounds us?
