Another one of my favourite projects at the RCA Design Interactions show: Tuur Van Balen‘s Larry’s Pillow – Goodnight/Good-bye.

If you’re one of the very few who actually listen to the security announcement made just before take off on a plane, then you know that in case of emergency you’re supposed to adopt a “brace position.” Apparently the only thing the brace position can do for you is preserve your dental records in case of a crash. It keeps your teeth close to your seat number and makes identification easier for the forensic team.

Larry’s Pillow gives you back some of the control you crave for in a moment of flight danger. In case of emergency, it helps you to take the brace position and straps you up securely. If you then choose to pull the tag, the pillow will inflate and suffocate you. You’re thus in control over your own life and death. As the sense of losing all control not only exists in aeroplanes, in development are pillows designed for the office and domestic environment. For stockbrokers, board-members, housewives and teenagers.