Created during the development of my thesis at the Rhode Island School of Design, this dynamic seating piece was an exploration of how movement, flexibility, and unfamiliar forms can shape the relationship between user and object. Constructed from solid steel rod with upholstered foam cushions, the Rolling Chair offers three equally functional surfaces that can serve as seat or back, allowing for a variety of positions and interactions.

The circular base invites the user to engage physically with the chair—it can rotate 360°, inverting and reorienting the seating angles with each turn. Despite its kinetic potential, the geometry also allows for stationary use, depending on how the user chooses to settle into it. At first, the chair resists easy classification. It asks for curiosity, and maybe even struggle. But over time, it reveals a more playful and adaptive personality.

This piece allowed me to explore how users respond to unexpected forms, and how furniture can serve not just a function, but become an active participant in experience.