Introducing The iBum, World's First Photocopier Chair

The iBum looks like most any other piece of modernist furniture except for its flat, shiny seating surface... and the soft hum that emanates from within when somebody happens to sit on it. No, it's not the world's first electronic whoopee cushion chair - unfortunately. Tomomi Sayuda has created a chair that snaps a pic of your posterior. Whether you like it or not.





Says Sayuda, "In this 'iBum' project, I would like to reveal the visual of this less popular part of body without notice." So would most red-blooded guys, except we'd worry about being arrested. Maybe things are different in Japan, however, and the iBum just proves it.

Check out this video of the iBum in action and notice how amused the participants are. Now imagine how unamused your mother-in-law or parole officer will be:  



Sayuda isn't some third-rate porn producer looking for a new (but related... butt related??) line of work. She learned Industrial and Craft Design at the Musashino Art University in Tokyo and graduated from London College of Communication in 2009 with a BA in Graphic and Media Design, so she knows a thing or two about modern design. Mayhaps she should have taken a law course as well but that's just my 2-cents worth.

In any case, the iBum is what it is: a glorified ninja bum-scanner with a higher purpose. "The chair reveals human unconsciousness and reality," explains Sayuda, because "The arse is the window of the soul." Well now I'm satisfied, knowing that everyone has an arse soul. (via OhGizmo!)