This chair was the premier example from a series titled “Be Well.” The aim of the project was to explore something we all generally want: to be well, then take it to an extreme that might make us question that desire. The form and materials of the chair are all carefully selected to be at once familiar and off-putting. The simple, blond wood is familiar in a domestic setting, but the crepe sanitary paper has a home in the doctor’s office. The user is meant to advance the roll and tear off the excess for a clean sitting surface every time. For someone like my father, an extreme germophobe, this is a practical solution to a reasonable problem. To most people, however, it’s just a bit much.
