You’ve heard of custom upholstery and a custom powder-coat finish, but how about a custom-engraved chair, with a unique design veritably tattooed onto the chair’s back?

That’s the conceit of DVO’s Tattoo Chair, part of the company’s Marte collection and also known as the “Ultralight 06 – Second Skin.”

The design is a simple, lightweight, multipurpose chair available with a variety of bases. Users may provide custom patterns to be engraved into the seat back, with materials in wood, polypropylene, or fabric.

The chair’s custom option intends to expand the connection between people and their objects. Much as a tattoo is a profound expression of identity, so too is this artful manipulation: “Creating a further intimate dialogue between one’s self and the object releases a new communication, accentuating the harmony of the connection.”

See DVO for further details.