Minimalist Chair

By John Farrier in Home & Garden on Apr 15, 2010 at 1:16 pm

Designer Alejandro Aravena of the firm Vitra created a very simple chair. It’s a strap that wraps around your legs and back to hold you into a seated position. “Chairless” was inspired by a picture of an Ayoreo (an indigenous group in Paraguay) person doing something similar. A portion of the proceeds from this chair will be donated to a foundation to benefit indigenous nations of Paraguay.

Link (warning: sound) via Fast Company | Photo: Vitra

Tags: Alejandro Aravena, Ayoreo, chair, Paraguay

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PastorMatt
Apr 15th, 2010 at 1:55 pm
I bought a similar minimalist chair in the summer of 1986 at the Minnesota State Fair. It has a broad strap across the lower back with two adjustable straps that go around the knees, so it’s maybe one step more complicated than this one. It’s called a NadaChair, and I still have it. I just checked – yep, they have a website: http://www.nadachair.com.
max power
Apr 15th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
That is not a chair according to Funk&Wagnalls.
It’s a strap.
Max Power
Apr 15th, 2010 at 6:02 pm
That..isn’t a chair.
zackly
Apr 15th, 2010 at 6:24 pm
yep, been around for a long time as nadachair. i have one and love it.
wvr
Apr 15th, 2010 at 7:28 pm
NadaChair: “Because Sit Happens”

haha
cola
Apr 15th, 2010 at 9:02 pm
As a professional line sitter at such events as PAX (probably only PAX) I can see how this would be useful. Those cement floors really do a number on you.
Splint Chesthair
Apr 16th, 2010 at 5:30 am
A better alternative, in my opinion, is to stretch and practice the natural squatting form. If you do it every day, it’s actually quite a relaxing way to sit. I know a lot of people that can’t even get into that position, feet flat, good lumbar arch.

The only bad thing about it is that it leaves your gonads open for a sneak attack.
marcintosh
Apr 16th, 2010 at 6:31 am
NadaChair is awesome! I had no idea how much I was slouching until I stopped when I got a NadaChair. I actually find my self correcting my sitting posture more because of it.
vvollf
Apr 16th, 2010 at 10:54 am
This model is used by nomads of Jemen since some centuries, the only new skill is awsome dessin !
I have one of these at home.
emmakate
Apr 16th, 2010 at 4:45 pm
Maybe I can get rich selling strips of fabric too!
video game dork
Apr 16th, 2010 at 11:08 pm
I agree with max. it’s not a chair, its a strap. I think at the minimum, to be a chair, it has to have a seat (IMO).
t dubs
Apr 19th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Man these Hipsters are starting to annoy me…

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