Digital Faraday Cage

Faraday Cage Ball Chair re-interprets the iconic Ball Chair, designed by Eero Aarnio. In its original 1960s context, the chair was ‘a room within a room,’ intended as a private space for relaxing or having phone calls. Now in the 21C, we consider the chair a private space for relaxing, sans phone calls & digital connectivity.

Our Digital Faraday Cage Project is a social commentary on paralyzing addiction to digital connectivity in the domestic environment. The project responds to the need to unplug and wean off excessive media consumption via two common domestic elements—dining table and lounge chair.

Each dwelling element is reconceived to severely block mobile phone and Wi-Fi signals, forming a small architectural enclosure with materials that absorb electromagnetic transmissions. The enclosure is lined with grounded conductive wire mesh to form a Faraday Cage that envelops occupants in a digitally disconnected bubble.

The prototype is constructed as a part of the Dwelling Elements Exhibition, curated & sponsored by the Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage for ASA Architect Expo.

Description

Team: Patrattakorn Wannasawang, Nantawat Siritip
Craft: Sakcharoen Phusririth
Sponsored by: The Association of Siamese Architects under Royal Patronage