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Rethinking Sitting
Peter Opsvik
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Description for Rethinking Sitting
Paperback. A Scandinavian furniture designer offers insight into his thinking about sitting and explains the philosophy that informs his pioneering chairs. Num Pages: 208 pages, 44 color, 46 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: AKR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 210 x 18. Weight in Grams: 722.
For millions of years humans have led physically active lives. In recent centuries, however, industrialization has fostered passivity and the growing predominance of the sitting posture for more and more people. Increasingly, chairs and furniture for sitting have become standard pieces of equipment in the workplace, institutions, and private homes. These sitting devices were designed according to the established standard of the chair, based on the accepted western manner of sitting.
In Rethinking Sitting, Scandinavian industrial designer Peter Opsvik addresses the issue of whether this is the only, and functionally best, design for the human body. When ... Read more
For millions of years humans have led physically active lives. In recent centuries, however, industrialization has fostered passivity and the growing predominance of the sitting posture for more and more people. Increasingly, chairs and furniture for sitting have become standard pieces of equipment in the workplace, institutions, and private homes. These sitting devices were designed according to the established standard of the chair, based on the accepted western manner of sitting.
In Rethinking Sitting, Scandinavian industrial designer Peter Opsvik addresses the issue of whether this is the only, and functionally best, design for the human body. When ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393732887
SKU
V9780393732887
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Ref
99-1
About Peter Opsvik
Peter Opsvik, whose chairs are available internationally, has his own design studio in Oslo, Norway.
Reviews for Rethinking Sitting
"While designers and ergonomic engineers will value the author’s discussions of balance and the Balans principle, general audiences can appreciate the unusual designs and practical thought behind this volume."
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