Sinister Chairs

This was a commission for a stage production. An important plot point in the play was that there were 4 sinister thrones, one of which traps and crushes it's occupant.

So the challenge was to make a series of chairs and a stool. They were all slightly different dimensions and sizes and purposefully slightly awkwardly proportioned.

I designed one of the chairs so it conceals a spring loaded mechanism. When the horizontal strut at the front of the chair is pushed down the mechanism is released which thrusts the arms of the chair around its occupant. 

I managed to get hold of some pictures from the production itself. I've also included the original design brief and some of the my cad designs.