Clone Chaise

From the Wall Street Journal: "By British designer Sam Buxton, [it] activates when it detects someone's presence. The electroluminescent display lights up, and as a user interacts with the chaise lounge, its digital heart and lungs begin to beat and breathe, as if bringing the chair to life."

The 2005 piece, one of an edition of six, measures 600 x 750 x 1,850 mm.

Made from acrylic, steel, and sequencing electronics.