Photos of uncomfortable chairs

WebUrbanist has a fun roundup of chairs and sofas that you probably don't want to sit on. Among them, a cactus couch (it's not real, but still painful to imagine), the electric chair, and Tokujin Yoshioka's natural crystal chair, which I posted about back when I was guest blogging. Oh sit! The world's most uncomfortable chair designs

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cinemajay

There’s “uncomfortable” and then there’s just painful. Cactus chair falls squarely in the latter.
MITTZNZ

Jana Sterbak is disappointed.
Anonymous

Cool! A peyote davenport!
Anonymous

The narrow chair from Woody Allen’s Sleeper should be on the list. (And I wish I could find a picture of it.)
Anonymous

Is anyone else reminded of echinocactus grusonii, also called “mother-in-law’s cushion”?
frenchtoastkiss

Someone should actually make that cactus couch! It could be green pleather and the spines could be soft threads or something. But how many people would actually go as far as buying a novelty couch I wonder…
Anonymous

actaullay- i might buy it, for the right price, of course! do like the visual of it!
Anonymous

Looks like you need one of those Indian fakirs for this one.