Jakob – social networking accessory for your sofa

For many ‘connected’ people, online social activities are sometimes more intensive than the social interaction with family members living in the same house.
To make ‘off-line’ socializing more appealing to the online addicted crowed, Dutch Industrial Design student Paula Kassenaar has a solution to offer called ‘Jakob‘.
‘Jakob’ is a creative addition to the armrest [...]

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Interactive, illuminated sofa

I wonder what it may take to get all the fantastic ideas created around ‘living’ materials into consumer products.
Here is an example I found on the www from designer Danielle Sobik, a couch that interacts with people by creating dynamic patterns depending on who is sitting on it and how people sit (together) on it.
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