Just came across this quote from designer Alejandro Aravena -
"It is obvious that many things have evolved since the beginning of time and that progress has accumulated in our lives in the form of sophisticated needs and desires. But it is also true that there are many things and needs that haven’t changed much since our origins and they can still be satisfied in an extremely simple way: sitting comfortably on the ground is one of them.“
He has designed a new product called 'Chairless' which is billed as a seating device for the modern nomad.
It's basically just a strap...but, it is to Chairs what the 'Bum Bag' (aka Fanny Pack) was to Duffle bags and it has the potential to capture the imagination of some key early adopters. So...Before you write this potentially commercial innovation off as a crazy designers, pie in the sky, faddish, emperor's new clothes, post, post modernist attack on rationality and convention, akin only to the Sinclair C5, remember -
The mind is like a parachute - it works best when it's fully open!
Tom
