The chair is bright yellow, and it’s special. Not because it’s made of a special material. But it tells stories, about people, about those who see the panel signaling “My WiFi network is open for neighbors and passersby” and sit on the bright yellow chair to share a delicious moment of broadband wireless access.
Rory Hamilton, Sarah Pennington and Brendan Walker came with this informal way to meet people. “The yellow chair project/service attempted to rediscover and invent informal meeting spaces for our evolving Wi-Fi landscape, inspired by the banyan tree and the tea stalls in India, which are active hubs for information exchange and transient encounters.”
Of course, the issue of the project has nothing to do with money. People are only invited to hat tip the service, most likely to cover the bandwidth cost.
So far, one chair of this sort exists in London, UK. But the idea, which has been awarded by the UNESCO Digital Art Awards 2005 competition, sparked a lot of interest throughout the world. Regine interviewed Anab Jain and Tom Jenkins who are planning to install one at ISEA San Jose.
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