‘Human Antenna’ is a project by Swiss designer Florian Kräutli who is currently working in the Netherlands. It is another example of soft technology that I love so much!

The lush, white carpet is interwoven with conductive thread and transforms anyone who stands and walks across the carpet into a human antenna.

The carpet picks up the radio waves which your body receives and makes them “hearable.” When walking on the carpet you can tune it to a certain frequency, similar to the tuner of a radio.

I really love the idea of engaging with the things in our home to make them come ‘alive.’ Without the user, the carpet is silent and functions in a regular way. Walking across it completely transforms it into an interactive soft technology and brings a new element of sound into the environment.