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Do Hit Chair: A Smashable Waste of $6000
Posted by Sean Fallon at 7:10 AM on November 1, 2007
If you can believe it, the Do Hit Chair is a a $6020, 0.04" thick steel cube that the user smashes to resemble something approaching a chair. This "customizable" seating solution was designed by Marijn van der Poll and one can only assume that the absurd price tag on this thing is some sort of art-based premium. Honestly, charging this much for something so damn stupid because it is technically a "work of art" is infuriating. In fact, it makes me want to grab a sledgehammer and break some shit. Maybe that was the point in the first place. [Product Page via Productdose via Geekologie]
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subryu
Posted 5:40 PM 31/10/07
Cool! I wonder if they also make Do Hit Beds? They look super comfy.
subryu
alin0steglinski
Posted 5:24 PM 31/10/07
looks very very painful... i would not want to be in that thing he he, ill show you comfortable he he :p
alin0steglinski
TheRunningboard7
Posted 5:22 PM 31/10/07
Wow. That's... wow. Next time someone criticizes a print I've bought because they think it is lame, I'll point them this way.
TheRunningboard7
Cerixus
Posted 5:18 PM 31/10/07
+ stupid name.
Cerixus
Cerixus
Posted 5:17 PM 31/10/07
And it looks comfy too!
Nevermind the all the scrapes and cuts on your buttocks... IT'S ART!
Cerixus
chueychihuahua
Posted 6:36 PM 31/10/07
poor metal cube :(
chueychihuahua
bez_online
Posted 6:33 PM 31/10/07
Not surprising the design came from someone with a name like Marijuana Marijn van der Poll. I think dude spent a little too much "design time" in the coffee shops...
bez_online
Wegmans
Posted 6:15 PM 31/10/07
Damn, I'd hit that! I'd like to bang the sh|t out of that!
Also I feel badly for the companion cube, it won't try to stab you!
Wegmans
bez_online
Posted 6:15 PM 31/10/07
They should rename it to the Bong Hit Chair, 'cause that's just what you'll need to get you in the mood to wail with abandon on your steel cube, soon to become your uncomfortable chair.
bez_online
andrebasso
Posted 6:15 PM 31/10/07
I'll only pay $6k if the artist who designed it can be stuffed inside the metal cube as I "shape" and customize it into a chair.
andrebasso
willyolio
Posted 6:14 PM 31/10/07
for six grand, i expect them to actually smash it for me into something that is useable, comfortable, and conforms perfectly to my ass cheeks and groove.
otherwise i'll just buy $15 of sheet metal and a sledgehammer to smash it up, and spend $5.9 grand on two of those vibrating massage chairs.
willyolio
junyo
Posted 6:05 PM 31/10/07
opps
junyo
junyo
Posted 6:04 PM 31/10/07
"...available for you to hit, or hit by the designer marijn van der poll."
For $6k (plus $250 shipping) I'm pretty sure mr. van der Poll has already hit it. But will he call you in the morning?
junyo
junyo
Posted 6:03 PM 31/10/07
"available for you to hit, or hit by the designer marijn van der poll."
For $6k (plus $250 shipping) I'm pretty sure Mr. van der Poll has already hit it.
junyo
alin0steglinski
Posted 5:57 PM 31/10/07
@subryu: i dont know about that... but [motionconcepts.com] looks extremely comfortable... and im getting that on my powerchair. screw the bed, i can crash out in my powerchair... i dont sleep good in bed anyways!
alin0steglinski
dead_red_eyes
Posted 5:53 PM 31/10/07
Wow ... that's completely absurd.
dead_red_eyes
homerjay
Posted 5:52 PM 31/10/07
"Why won't you be art!!"
homerjay
bazdeluxe
Posted 8:05 PM 31/10/07
$6000. That is ridiculously ridiculous. I think that's as far as someone can get from "art". If it is "art" than it is really stupid, and if someone wants to disagree with me..that's fine. BUUUT. If you are going to disagree and say this is art--try explaining that to the 30% of the world population that can't find food or the 14,000 people who die every day from water related problems.
-- Karim Baz
bazdeluxe
DJJS
Posted 7:50 PM 31/10/07
@homerjay: Ha~! Well said!
or.. Le-grill? what the Hell is Le-grill~?
DJJS
TR3-A
Posted 7:49 PM 31/10/07
Some people have too much money and not enough brains. If it had four wheels and a 1000 hp engine, Jay Leno would buy one. Yet another sign of the coming pork lips.
TR3-A
92BuickLeSabre
Posted 7:32 PM 31/10/07
How will I know if it was damaged in shipping?
92BuickLeSabre
Oracle989
Posted 7:12 PM 31/10/07
Wow, if he hits it for you, you need to add more than the price of the chair itself...WHY! go to Home Depot, get some sheet metal, a hammer, and a welding kit. You can have the same chair for under $100. You could even get fancy with some paints on it, and make it look better AND cost less.
Oracle989
djfred
Posted 7:10 PM 31/10/07
f*cking rich people.
djfred
odnet
Posted 7:05 PM 31/10/07
looks like andrew wk is behind the product so Im onboard!
odnet
kittenman
Posted 8:49 PM 31/10/07
6000 -.- , well wtf~
kittenman
NYCJason
Posted 10:59 PM 31/10/07
Check out the guy in the back. Looks like he was working on the other one and caught a sledgehammer rebound to the dome...
NYCJason
soundengineer
Posted 12:23 AM 1/11/07
eh. what a block of rubbish. you might as well get an old scrapped car, clean out the insides, and bash that out to your heart's desire...and then send it to the designer as a 'present'.
soundengineer
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Posted 11:40 PM 31/10/07
Makes me sad I'm reading an article on this.
Makes even sadder that I'm actually commenting on said article.
Bokusatsu_Tenshi
Ednonymous
Posted 1:34 AM 1/11/07
Does this piece of garbage come with $8,000 speaker cables?
Ednonymous
pj737
Posted 3:21 AM 1/11/07
I bought one.
pj737
ANoel
Posted 10:28 AM 1/11/07
It would be more form-fittingly appropriate if the person who dropped $6K on this little metal box climbed up more than a few storys and base-jumped ass-first onto it wearing an tinfoil asshat.
ANoel
GrandMoffHarlin
Posted 11:34 AM 1/11/07
wait wait wait.... Does it come WITH the sledgehammer? I wouldn't mind a 6,000 sledgehammer to destroy my enemies.. I mean chairs... I mean art with.
GrandMoffHarlin
aec007
Posted 4:09 PM 1/11/07
Let's seeeeeee...
20 Ga 304 SS 4F Finish... (2) 4'x8' sheets ~ $ 250
Welding corners................................... ~ $ 100
Polishing to 4F finish corners ................. ~ $ 50
Profit................................................. ~ $ 100
I can get this shit done for $ 500 FOB Los Angeles, CA.
Sledge Hammer extra.
Any takers?
aec007
yougottabekidding
Posted 6:02 PM 1/11/07
Damn, he stole my invention. All the good ideas are now taken. The end is near.
yougottabekidding