Beloved British tv and film star Rowan Atkinson has a few ideas about seating. He’s quite economical.
He’s also into ergonomic seating (1:22).
Do as he says, not as he does.
If your task chair starts doing what happens above, I’d suggest installing a new gas cylinder. Unless you’re an international super-spy and man of mystery. Then you can probably get an intern to do it for you.
On the way back to the States from England, I caught the new-ish ITV series Downton Abbey on the plane. It was love at first sight – when I got home I proceeded to demolish the rest of the episodes in short order. The series, about a noble family in 1912 and the servants who support them, has proven very popular in the UK and abroad.
But being a chair enthusiast, this little gem of a moment with the venerable Dowager Countess (played by the always impeccable Maggie Smith) stood out in my mind. Apparently I’m not the only one, since someone cleaned up this clip and stuck it on YouTube. In a changing world, who knew that seating would take such an important place? Enjoy!
Happy Christmas! Who said Santa and office chairs can’t go together? Apparently, they very much can. Now you decide whether or not that’s a good thing.
While searching for, of all things, “giants sitting on chairs,” I came across this astounding image and accompanying story from Sydney, Australia:
A giant Irish wolfhound named Drew is attracting attention – for his habit of sitting on a chair, like owner Pam Mullan, when he goes to visit the vet in Sydney.
I might not believe it possible, but I recently encountered Irish wolfhounds in person for the first time. And let me tell you, they really are big enough to kick back in that waiting room chair along with you!
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My eyes have been hurting me lately. Optometrist told me not to wait two years to get an eye exam, but lo and behold, that’s exactly what I did. Being a SeatingZone employee, I really think this Modern Chair Eye Exam chart from Blue Art Studio would help me out. It’s an old find, but I hope they still make them! Pretty much every beauty from the modernist era is featured on this chart, including several we’ve referenced on this very blog.
(hat tip to Content Design Group)
The Alphabet of Seating:
E is for…Eggs?
Maybe you’ve heard of the Egg, a classic of modernist industrial design by Arne Jacobsen. Heck, my aunt and uncle, who were married in the late 1950s, still have one of these very iconic chairs in their living room.
But I guess that just wasn’t literal enough for some people. Behold, a different sort of egg chair:
Yes, the “yolk” seat folds down, so I suppose you don’t have to have your egg chair sunny-side up…
(Hat tip to Chair Blog for the discovery!)
Haha, I’m still on my stool kick, so to speak! These bar stools are definitely eye-catching, though I’m not sure what message they send. I guess those are some good-humored nuns, though.
Stay tuned for more cool stools from Seating Zone.
The new iBum chair from Tonomy Sayuda is both hilarious and ingenius. Tired of having to clamber up on the copy machine to get a xeroxed image of your behind? This chair gets you the perfect “rear shot”, and all you have to do is sit down!
I think my favorite part is this quote from the artist:
“When audience sit down on the chair, a scanner on the top of chair start to scan people`s buttocks automatically. Then the scanned image is printed out from the right hand side of the chair. A sensor is detecting people`s existence all the time. So people will not realize the existence of the scanner. Without notice, the photocopy of the bum will arrive next to the chair”
I love the idea that unsuspecting passers-by might sit down on the chair, and only realize what it is a few seconds later when the image pops out…
Via Chair Blog
Having a rough day? With this boxing glove chair, you can let the world know that you’ll be taking anything and everything as “fighting words”. 
It actually looks oddly comfortable… all those bubbly padded gloves could really do wonders for your pressure points. And for the bosses and CEOs out there, it could be a useful way to send a message without saying a word.
Via Chair Blog
Here at Seating Zone, most of our office chairs are covered under warranty for 3 to 5 years. That means, if something on your chair breaks under normal usage conditions, you can call us and we’ll have it replaced right away. But what constitutes “normal usage”?
Well, not this:
