Psychological stress affects many people. The causes can be varied. An unexpected delightful surprise can uplift moods and emotions. 'Desktop Fireworks'; is an alternative office stationary. Having spent time stressfully working, 'Desktop Fireworks' enables you to celebrate. Pressing the big emergency style button releases an orchestra of light, music, bubbles, confetti and thus relieves stress. In Japan, high suicidal rates due to work stress are one of the biggest social problems. My father, Kenichi Sayuda committed suicide in 1995 aged 37 because of work related stress. Since then, I have been naturally fascinated by stress relieving solutions. I created a prototype of a product to relieve stress within the context of an office and I created a short film of it.

'The mask of soul' gives psychological strength to be able to speak in public. The original idea is based on alternative Karaoke for stress releasing. It hides the speaker's identity and creates a small privacy in a public space. Its microphone picks up the speaker's voice and plays it loud from the speaker on the top of the mask. Swearing Competition setting of The Mask of Soul pits two competitors against each other, empowered by ‘Masks of Soul’, to shout their most inner thoughts in a heated battle. The competitor’s privacy will be hidden by masks, alternative alias, and super personas. tomomisayuda.com

A modern simple chair. However, the surface of its seat is covered in transparent plastic. Beneath the plastic hides a scanner; thus the chair is able to scan the bottom of whoever sits on it and print out the image a few minutes later, giving the sitter an exact picture of his or her 'derrière'. The chair delivers a new visual and interactive experience as well as entertainment for its users. The chair's concept was inspired by streakers (buttocks in particular) in British popular culture. Recently, people all over the world feel more confortable to publically express their sexual interests due to this spreading global phenomenon. Therefore the i-Bum reflects this visual sexual context in post-modern popular culture.