Niels Diffrient: Rethinking the way we sit down

http://www.ted.com Design legend Niels Diffrient talks about his life in industrial design (and the reason he became a designer instead of a jet pilot). He details his quest to completely rethink the office chair starting from one fundamental data set: the human body.

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[kacprfso]

he sounds like Adam West

[orkronos]

I NEED that chair....

[Ihy744ppp]

@kacprfso It's his brother.....

[benbie]

stephen hawkins chairs looks quite comfortable ------------>

[WadeBlazingame34]

I like this guy, and love what he has to say. But it's all bout the Treadmill Desk, folks... Get a treadmill desk -- it'll change your life!! :)

[NCSuper]

I love listening to elderly people talking about their favourite topic, especially one like this where he flawlessly but confusingly jumps from the story of planes to the ease of adjusting this amazing chair.

[Bhairaviji]

At $1075 a chair, it is just like Homer Simpson's car - Got just about every feature a man can dream of, but no one can ever afford it. At least not a cubicle worker like me.

[pillowbugg]

kudos! but the fact remains that we really need to completely re-invent the chair and place greater emphasis on the areas of the body that need it the most. ie, lower back, hips, neck.

[octemberfury]

that was boring

[thecaneater]

If I had the money, I'd so buy one.

[Oneshot112]

lmao 2 grand for a chair.