Cat lovers, assemble—we’ve discovered something to help create a balanced and cohesive living environment for you and your furry feline friends. Dubbed Meowtain, this design investigates the concept of home as a space where humans consider the well-being of their pets alongside their own quality of life.
This project seeks to elevate daily experiences by examining the role of furniture in the home, boosting emotional health and overall well-being. Meowtain serves as a unique and functional furniture design that meets the needs of humans and cats alike. It makes an effort to form a living space that feels comfortable and comforting to both.
Designer: Shu Wang
Meowtain’s internal structure was meticulously crafted using a combination of plywood and metal components, ensuring durability and strength. To create a plush and inviting feel, the design incorporates layers of foam, batting felt, and boucle fabric, providing a comfortable and aesthetic appeal that invites interaction.
The design features three upper layers, inspired by the graceful contours of terrace fields, which are ingeniously stacked on a central pole. This arrangement allows the layers to pivot freely, enabling a variety of configurations that adapt to different needs and preferences. The swiveling functionality is displayed by the metal pole hardware, making it easier to engage with the mechanism. The act of transforming the layers into different positions becomes rewarding and delightful, adding an element of play to the experience.
The furniture piece also features “arms” that move with smooth precision, striking an ideal balance between flexibility and firmness. This ensures stability when used as a backrest, providing reliable support while still allowing for enough movement to accommodate different postures and preferences. While designing the piece, the designer wanted to avoid any clear and instant associations with the conventional definition of “cat furniture”. To achieve this, feline-inspired elements were very subtly integrated into the design. Features like backrest forms extending into space and stacking around a central pole bring to mind the structure of a cat tree.
Upholstered arms that can gently wrap around the human body form a pretty cozy and inviting sensation, which offers a sense of comfort and relaxation. At the same time, the choice of materials and the varying heights of the piece make it appealing for cats to engage with as well. This “embrace” highlights the relationship between furniture and the body, fostering a connection that resonates both physically and emotionally. The Meowtain serves as a comfortable furniture design for humans, while also offering some engagement and amusement to your kitties. Currently, this design seems like a concept, but I am pretty sure a product like this would be welcomed with open arms into households with cats.
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