Pump it up: Puff! furniture is an experience

Traditional manufacturing methods are changing, and consumers are increasingly given opportunities to create things for themselves, as we reported in our DIY Design It Yourself design direction.

The experiential range includes the Yayu table and the Dan bench. The pieces have wooden legs and a metal top or seat that is blown up with a bicycle pump. As the metal inflates the joints tighten and fuse together to become objects that people can sit on or place things on. 

Rather than simply just buying a piece of furniture, consumers can experience the pieces and help to create them by pumping them up. ‘I believe in the user experience,’ Moran Barmaper tells LS:N Global. ‘It gives the consumer something extra within the design.’ 

Puff! was on show at Milan Design Week on 9–14 April 2013. For more on the Milan show, read our Milan 2013 Review: Part 1 and Milan 2013 Review Part 2.