Hasta La Ideas

A violin seems like such an ergonomically-poor design, given that you’ve gotta cock your head to the side like that. But if you look at a cellist, you never see them slouch when they’re playing; they look like poster boys and girls for proper spinal alignment.

Designer Woojin Chung made the latter observation and designed a chair intended to promote good cellist-like posture. Chung’s “Half Chair” accomplishes this by removing material, providing a smaller ass-print in a bid to reduce slouching.

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