At the École cantonale d’art de Lausanne’s (ECAL) low-tech factory, two graduate design students have built a whimsical rocking chair that knits you a hat as you rock back and forth.

Swiss designers Damien Ludi and Colin Peillex use a series of gears that are triggered by the rocking chair’s motion to knit the hat.

 

 

Low-Tech Factory is a project by ECAL. The university of art and design is based in Renens (in the urban area of Lausanne, Switzerland) and is affiliated to the University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland.

 

 

Sources

– ECAL Low Tech Factory
– The Rocking-Knit, “Low-Tech Factory” by ECAL
– YouTube: ECAL Low-Tech Factory / Rocking-Knit
– My Modern Met: Ingenious Rocking Chair Knits a Hat for You as You Sway Back and Forth