Tobi Schneidler is a German architect and designer creating devices and spaces augmented through their use of networks (object hyperlinking). His work seems to focus primarily on utilitarian devices, lights, chairs etc. which will allow people to improve their day to day lives.

The Vestigii Ticker chair (images above) is an interactive chair designed specifically for the Vestigiii fashion studio in Berlin:

The chair is designed to catch those ephemeral digital fragments, derived from ongoing world affairs and events, and relay them back into the physical space of the designer’s studio to let them condensate on the creative environment. In reference to the physical reality of our human lives, the projection is using electromechanical character sets that project words and short sentences onto a special mirror. This mirror transforms the light spectacle again into an intangible image, which magically overlays with the image of the observer. The rhythm of the incoming data packets can be influenced by visitors resting on the chair to influence the frequency of incoming news.

The RemoteHome (image above and animated diagram below), developed with Smart Studio Interactive Institute (now the Art & Technology Program) and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design is a connected home, a flat share:

that will exist in two distant cities at the same time: London and Berlin. Both spaces are electronically connected through the Internet, to turn furniture and architectural elements into tangible and sensual means of communication. Sensory and kinetic devices, as well as an interactive light installation allow for the exchange between this remotely living group of friends. A mobile wireless artefact, in the shape of a transforming interactive bag, can be taken on journeys to stay emotionally in touch with the RemoteHome.

Originally seen at networked_performance. A full interview with Tobi Schneidler is available at Gizmodo.