Oh gross! I know we're supposed to be comfortable in our own skin, but sitting on a chair that looks like sagging human flesh takes it a notch higher in all things yuck.

A student project called the Flesh Chair was designed by Nanna Kiil, from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She created the chair out of memory foam covered in pale pink fabric that approximates the color of pale flesh.

Her goal was to reference the shape of an obese human body in a way that framed it in a more positive light than what we typically cast on obese bodies. Her inspiration came from the fleshy folds of a Shar-Pei dog as she worked to fold and crease the material in a life-like manner.

“The intention is to explore the balance between the repulsive and the accommodating through voluminous curves,” Kiil describes the project, which is on display at the Stockholm Furniture Fair until February 8.

I'm not sure how Kiil's project can explore the aesthetic of an obese body in a positive way. Why would you want to sit in a chair that reminds you of a naked obese person? However, if you take away what the chair represents, it actually looks like it'd be really comfortable to sit in.


H/T: Dezeen