Comments on: New chair from legendary designer Niels Diffrient http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 20:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517632 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517632 Ive had my freedom chair for nearly 10 years now. It is /absolutely/ worth every single cent. Im on my 4th set of armrest pads too, and they still replace them under its warranty! Ive had my freedom chair for nearly 10 years now.

It is /absolutely/ worth every single cent. Im on my 4th set of armrest pads too, and they still replace them under its warranty!

]]> By: BrotherPower http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517665 BrotherPower Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517665 Not trying to be a dick at all, seriously, but $740 is out of Cory's budget? Really? Suddenly I don't feel so bad. Not trying to be a dick at all, seriously, but $740 is out of Cory’s budget? Really?

Suddenly I don’t feel so bad.

]]> By: zikman http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517683 zikman Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517683 god I love chairs god I love chairs

]]> By: El Stinko http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-518456 El Stinko Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518456 That's not chair porn. THIS http://www.eatpes.com/roofsex.html is chair porn. That’s not chair porn.

THIS http://www.eatpes.com/roofsex.html is chair porn.

]]> By: mokey http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517694 mokey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517694 if chairs didn't exist, it would be necessary to invent them. if chairs didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent them.

]]> By: nehpetsE http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517696 nehpetsE Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517696 Dear number 5 As you glibly noted, it IS a chair. But you fail to also note that it is chair that has been designed to be on the same scale as humans. I.E. If you were presented with an actual photograph of a person beside the chair, you would see that they looked appropriately sized in relationship to each other, with neither person or chair appearing disproportionately small or disproportionately large. unlike this chair- http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/2439 Dear number 5

As you glibly noted, it IS a chair.
But you fail to also note that it is chair that has been designed to be on the same scale as humans.

I.E. If you were presented with an actual photograph of a person beside the chair, you would see that they looked appropriately sized in relationship to each other, with neither person or chair appearing disproportionately small or disproportionately large.

unlike this chair-
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/2439

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517721 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517721 But does it cure swamp-ass? But does it cure swamp-ass?

]]> By: Pantograph http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517725 Pantograph Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517725 This chair has zero presence. A soulless chair for a soulless workforce. This chair has zero presence.
A soulless chair for a soulless workforce.

]]> By: neurolux http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517727 neurolux Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517727 This chair doesn't need it's own soul. It will gladly take yours. For $740 it better have activated charcoal in the cushions to absorb my SBDs. This chair doesn’t need it’s own soul. It will gladly take yours. For $740 it better have activated charcoal in the cushions to absorb my SBDs.

]]> By: larsrc http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517732 larsrc Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517732 Getting used office chairs rocks. We got a nice-looking chair from a second-hand store for $20. When we examined it more closely, we found it was a fancy Norwegian HÃ¥g chair that retails for $1000. Not only that, they have a life-time warranty, so when the gas cannister (w?) gave out, we had it replaced for free. Sweet! Getting used office chairs rocks. We got a nice-looking chair from a second-hand store for $20. When we examined it more closely, we found it was a fancy Norwegian HÃ¥g chair that retails for $1000. Not only that, they have a life-time warranty, so when the gas cannister (w?) gave out, we had it replaced for free. Sweet!

]]> By: jackie31337 http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517740 jackie31337 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517740 $740 is really not that bad for an exceptional chair like this considering that in Finland an average office chair (not intended for consumers, but for companies furnishing offices) will cost you several hundred euros anyway. I've seen some very nice "executive" office chairs in the 1000 euro price range. I look at it kind of like the rather expensive <a href="http://www.hastens.com/en-us/">Hästens</a> beds: considering you're going to spend 1/3 of your day in it, it's well worth making the investment for the long term. $740 is really not that bad for an exceptional chair like this considering that in Finland an average office chair (not intended for consumers, but for companies furnishing offices) will cost you several hundred euros anyway. I’ve seen some very nice “executive” office chairs in the 1000 euro price range. I look at it kind of like the rather expensive Hästens beds: considering you’re going to spend 1/3 of your day in it, it’s well worth making the investment for the long term.

]]> By: thequickbrownfox http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517766 thequickbrownfox Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517766 Better than Homer Simpsons' budget Factory Second from Econo-Save, "All right, Econo-save, you just made the list!" Better than Homer Simpsons’ budget Factory Second from Econo-Save, “All right, Econo-save, you just made the list!”

]]> By: Ian70 http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-518022 Ian70 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518022 Wow.. it's a chair. I, too, have a chair. Wow.. it’s a chair.

I, too, have a chair.

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-518031 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518031 yeah, but your chair is lame. yeah, but your chair is lame.

]]> By: Marchhare http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517782 Marchhare Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517782 Well, I'm glad they're using the laws of physics. That's a plus. Well, I’m glad they’re using the laws of physics. That’s a plus.

]]> By: calabanos http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517794 calabanos Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517794 It looks like the chair from "Better off Ted" that increased productivity by being incredibly uncomfortable. It looks like the chair from “Better off Ted” that increased productivity by being incredibly uncomfortable.

]]> By: Apreche http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517570 Apreche Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517570 Already got Freedom chair, but this one is looking good. Already got Freedom chair, but this one is looking good.

]]> By: Marja http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517573 Marja Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517573 Without a mechanism? I guess I take cause and effect for granted... impressive. Without a mechanism?

I guess I take cause and effect for granted… impressive.

]]> By: PrettyBoyTim http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517580 PrettyBoyTim Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517580 Actually, it was my grandfather who 'literally wrote the book on ergonomics': http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ergonomics-Man-His-Working-Environment/dp/0412078007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244929370&sr=1-1 Still, looks like a lovely chair... Actually, it was my grandfather who ‘literally wrote the book on ergonomics’:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ergonomics-Man-His-Working-Environment/dp/0412078007/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244929370&sr=1-1

Still, looks like a lovely chair…

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-518120 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-518120 that really isnt a weird price for a quality office chair. It's not a home chair that you use for maybe a few hours a day. that really isnt a weird price for a quality office chair. It’s not a home chair that you use for maybe a few hours a day.

]]> By: AirPillo http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517618 AirPillo Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517618 You can find some of the previous chair models on eBay for around $200-300, which is really rather fair for a high quality office chair, given that you're likely to be asked to pay $70 or more even for a piece of crap pleathersaurus with shoddy constuction. I think I spotted one of the Humanscale chairs for $271 with free shipping. You can find some of the previous chair models on eBay for around $200-300, which is really rather fair for a high quality office chair, given that you’re likely to be asked to pay $70 or more even for a piece of crap pleathersaurus with shoddy constuction.

I think I spotted one of the Humanscale chairs for $271 with free shipping.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2009/06/13/new-chair-from-legen.html#comment-517625 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-517625 Yep, it's a chair. Yep, it’s a chair.

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