Captivating: What this chair has to do with bondage
The "Oxitocina" chair encourages interaction because it adapts to every movement. The design by Studio Notte thus celebrates the interface between body and materiality.
Studio Notte is an Italian-Brazilian design studio based in Milan, founded by Luisa Alpeggiani and Camila Campos. The designers specialise in product design and explore different disciplines, techniques and materials. At this year's Salone del Mobile in Milan, they presented the "Oxytocina" chair, which represents their reflection on female sensuality. "The name 'Oxitocina' is derived from the hormone oxytocin, which is closely associated with love and arousal," says Camila Campos. "It is intended to illustrate that we have investigated both the origin of desire and the archetype of the object."
Materiality meets fantasy in the bondage chair
No safeword is necessary for the bondage game with "Oxitocina": the chair is only made for one person and arrives at your home already tied up. You alone decide how far you want to go with it. Depending on which position you adopt, its upholstery plumps up despite the restraints and steel construction around the ropes and the body of the chair moulds itself to you.
Source: Pia Seidel
Source: Pia Seidel
Studio Notte believes in the cult of pleasure, in which design becomes a way to deviate from convention. That is why the design deliberately plays with references to body volumes and restraints. "The ropes are specially stretched so that the soft cushions underneath have room to manoeuvre and react to the body," explains Camila Campos. This adaptability is intended to appeal to the senses and, like the cuddling hormone oxytocin, trigger a positive sensation.
Source: Pia Seidel
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