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But is it reasonable to call that its most essential form when that form is so anatomically wrong? In other words, if a chair so badly fits most humans, should
by blunte 6y ago
But is it reasonable to call that its most essential form when that form is so anatomically wrong?
In other words, if a chair so badly fits most humans, should it be called a chair? A sphere can be used as a chair, and it is even simpler or more pure design-wise, but we don’t call it a chair.
- alanbernstein 6y agoA yoga ball is actually a better chair than this thing.
- joehartshorn 6y agoDon's rebuttal; "I am often told that the furniture is not comfortable, and in that not functional. The source of the question is in the overstuffed bourgeois Victorian furniture, which, as I said, never ceased. The furniture is comfortable to me. Rather than making a chair to sleep in or a machine to live in, it is better to make a bed. A straight chair is best for eating or writing. The third position is standing." - 'It's Hard To Find A Good Lamp' 1993 http://s3.amazonaws.com/juddfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/21164501/Its_Hard_To_Find_A_Good_Lamp_1993.pdf http://s3.amazonaws.com/juddfoundation.org/wp-content/upload... I'd also suggest reading "Being Dumb" by Kenneth Goldsmith, as a reminder that not everything requires a strict practicality to be great. https://www.theawl.com/2013/07/being-dumb/ https://www.theawl.com/2013/07/being-dumb/