2024-04-30T14:13:56-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150019409/rethinking-furniture-as-symbiotic-objects Anastasia Tokmakova 2017-07-26T00:41:00-04:00 >2017-07-26T00:42:57-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/3u/3utquenny6jyudzz.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Xiang Guan, a recent graduate of Central Saint Martin's Industrial Design program, made a collection of furniture that can only function in the presence of its users&mdash;featuring a desk&nbsp;and chair that can't stand without support, and a lamp that only turns on when worn as a hat, his work re-imagines&nbsp;the relationship between people and objects.&nbsp;</p> <p>Watch the hypnotizing video of the designer working, communicating and playing with the furniture below!</p>