Bar furniture whose height can be adjusted using a smartphone handset brought an element of controlled chaos to this year's World Design Capital Helsinki 2012 event.
A recent report on the Nokia Conversations blog explains that the chairs and tables of the Cafe Kauko could be adjusted remotely - by anyone in the world.
People could log on to a website and watch a live video stream of the cafe's occupants, while raising and lowering their chairs and tables - as pictured here by Lauri Eriksson Company photographer Valtteri Hirvonen.
Tony Sajdak of Swedish agency Perfect Fools tells Nokia: "We wanted to show people how much design affected their everyday lives.
"Highlighting good design seemed easier by demonstrating how bad design could be!"
It was not just the bar furniture that was at the whim of the observers - the lighting and music of Cafe Kauko were also a free-for-all.
However, the project highlights the potential for furniture of the future - not only bar furniture or cafe furniture, but also the possibility of installing adjustable hotel furniture that can be managed using a smartphone handset or tablet computer.
This echoes the 'a la carte' approach to hotel furniture we reported last week from the Basque research organisation Elhuyar Fundazioa, which is also looking at user-adjustable environments for the hospitality industry.