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Gorgeous School Furniture That Teaches Kids Good Posture
Turns out sitting hunched over a desk for eight hours a day isn’t all that great for a kid’s posture, and the spinal contortions needed to lean over a flat desk certainly do nothing for a student’s ability to focus on the day’s lessons. However, this rolling chair from Dublin-based industrial design firm Perch aims to keep kids upright, comfortable and engaged through the magic of deforming plastic.
Steelcase Gesture: A Smartphone-Friendly Office Chair
Finally acknowledging that very few people actually sit in an office chair the way it was designed to be used, Steelcase has created a new chair that caters to all the wacky poses we strike when using various devices. So while the new Gesture can still be used with a traditional keyboard and monitor setup, it’s also just as comfy for use with phones and tablets too.
Is ThinkPad’s New Keyboard Better Or Worse?
Lenovo ThinkPads have a strong, almost cult-like following for good reason. This sturdy, high-performance line of business notebooks has long set the gold standard for keyboard quality, with fantastic tactile feedback, great key layouts and slightly convex keys that are easy to find by feel. So when the company ditched the classic keyboard for a new island-style unit on its entire 2012 lineup, many ThinkPad fans were understandably concerned.
This Adjustable Chair Keeps Musicians Comfy During Long Concerts
A push for better ergonomics has vastly improved office chairs, so interior design professor David Brothers took those same ideologies and created a better chair for musicians. Not only does it improve posture, but it also helps improve performance.
Is Sitting And Standing Really The Future Of Workplace Comfort?
After designing footwear for several years, Martin Keen decided that he could apply the same knowledge he used to create comfortable shoes to furniture, resulting in an unorthodox workstation that has users sitting and standing at the same time.
This Wobbling Office Chair Will Annoy You Into A Tighter Body
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