I thought it looked like an ikea office chair. All arty design but not a good engineering solution. It seems to be more looks over function to me. But if thats what he wants so be it. Thats the point of custom powerchairs.
Personally I think manual chairs are already optimised and different designs have been done to death. They are - much like a knife and fork, or a push bike, already as efficient as can be. Its like trying to reinvent the wheel. The real problem, as the sheer number of people I hear from that are trying to "motorise" one is that they are unpowered! Of course this leads me back to the old manual/power debate...
http://www.wheelchairdriver.com/power-o ... lchair.htmPersonally I would be making it the other way around. Form follows function. Not the other way around. It should not be designed to look good. But GOOD engineering and materials and build quality and functional design looks good anyway.