The design duo called Legrand Jäger came to American Supply in search for a material to serve as the main component of a chair featuring a unique and technical feature. The material they chose was our « Nettuno » in the color Skin.
From Legrand Jäger:
Le Confident
Custom facial emotion recognition (FER) software interface
The Le Confident or tete-a-tete (head-to-head) seat is an archetypal design object, originally from XIX century, that uniquely embodies communication. Often thought of as a seat for gossip, its sitters are uniquely positioned for intimate conversation. In Legrand Jäger’s recalibrated version of the seat, our culture of quantification and gamification informs the object’s design both stylistically and functionally. Based on the aesthetics of gaming seat consoles, a custom facial emotion recognition (FER) software interface sits between the conversation partners, monitoring emotional feedback, live, during their exchange. Only seven human emotions are universally identified by such devices, enough for efficient profiling according to specialists.
A special thanks to IKSV and Hayung-Ok Park for production and Adjmal Sarwary from Mind Trace for
customizing his emotion tracking software.
