Mainly due to worn out, painful joints and the degradation of the musculature, many elderly people have great problems sitting down and standing up - especially when the seat is low and there are no backrests. The seating furniture used in care facilities responds to this with raised seating surfaces and massive armrests. Many of these “furniture for the elderly” admittedly appear so clunky and inelegant in formal terms that they have an involuntary stigmatizing effect and are deliberately avoided by some people. This is where Sarah Hossli’s Lotte project comes in. She set out to design an armchair that would meet the functional, ergonomic, and aesthetic needs of older people, while at the same time captivating them with a pleasant external appearance such that it would also be used outside of care facilities. To develop the chair, Hossli worked closely with relevant experts and the residents of the Neubad multigenerational house in Basel. Lotte is an armchair with a wooden base and textile-covered seat and back cushions, which are easy to dismantle in the need for refurbishment. Its most striking feature is the armrests, which rise slightly towards the front and are somewhat elongated to make it easier to stand up and sit down. The backrests are shaped so that they can be grasped securely and serve as a comfortable armrest. The armrest, which wraps around the body of the chair like a railing, lends itself to support and makes it easier for cleaners and caregivers, for example, to handle the chair.