Hairy
Fall '03
discipline:
furniture design
theme:
binary/geometry,
tactile
A stool that grips the sitter by the seat.
The piece is the first in a line of furniture exploring our assumptions about comfort and ergonomics. Too often the muscular, mechanic, and kinaesthetic aspects of the human body are neglected by designs which over-support the human form, and so incrementally contribute to its structural atrophy.
While providing a degree of cushioned support, the textured variation of the rubber looping keeps the muscles of the seat active, and forces the sitter to continuously manage his/her placement and posture.
A stool that grips the sitter by the seat.
The piece is the first in a line of furniture exploring our assumptions about comfort and ergonomics. Too often the muscular, mechanic, and kinaesthetic aspects of the human body are neglected by designs which over-support the human form, and so incrementally contribute to its structural atrophy.
While providing a degree of cushioned support, the textured variation of the rubber looping keeps the muscles of the seat active, and forces the sitter to continuously manage his/her placement and posture.
