The Chair
by Galen Cranz · first published 1998
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A provocative look at one of our most common cultural artifacts, this book reveals the history, physiology, and politics of how and why we sit the way we do - and others don't. Perhaps no other object of our daily environment has had the enduring cultural significance of the ever-present chair, unconsciously yet forcefully shaping the social and physical dimensions of our lives. With over ninety illustrations, Galen Cranz's The Chair traces the varied history of the chair as we know it from its crudest beginnings in the Neolithic Age up through the modern ergonomic office. Drawing on anecdot
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A definitive work on this subject that started the trend: http://www.amazon.com/Chair-Rethinking-Culture-Body-Design/d... It is also worth noting that Humans were not meant to stand for 8-12 hours a day non-stop either.
on “‘Sitting is the new smoking’” ↗Anyone interested in sitting posture and chair design should read "The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body, and Design" by Galen Cranz. It's a fascinating analysis of how chairs impact posture and the related biomechanics. It shows why oft-touted "lumbar…
on “Saddle chair” ↗I wonder if it has to do with too much sitting in chairs? Prof. Galen Cranz discusses some of the effects on posture of western sitting styles in her book, "The Chair: Rethinking Culture, Body and Design". Though not scientific, she compares the common slump…
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