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Rethinking Sitting

Rethinking Sitting

Rethinking Sitting
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Rethinking Sitting Paperback - 2009

by Peter Opsvik

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W.W. Norton & Co., 2009. Paperback. New. 208 pages. 9.37x8.25x1.00 inches.
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  • Title Rethinking Sitting
  • Author Peter Opsvik
  • Binding Paperback
  • Condition New
  • Pages 208
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W.W. Norton & Co.
  • Publication date 2009
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # __0393732886
  • ISBN 9780393732887 / 0393732886
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 8.2 x 0.6 in (23.62 x 20.83 x 1.52 cm)
  • Category Architecture
  • Library of Congress subjects Chair design, Sitting position
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008049969
  • Dewey Decimal Code 749.32
  • Quantity available 1

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For millions of years humans have led physically active lives. In recent centuries, however, industrialization has fostered passivity and the growing predominance of the sitting posture for more and more people. Increasingly, chairs and furniture for sitting have become standard pieces of equipment in the workplace, institutions, and private homes. These sitting devices were designed according to the established standard of the chair, based on the accepted western manner of sitting.

In Rethinking Sitting, Scandinavian industrial designer Peter Opsvik addresses the issue of whether this is the only, and functionally best, design for the human body. When the various authorities on ergonomics promote their one and only "correct" sitting posture, he says all of them are right: Every recommended sitting posture is good. Opsvik sees it as his task to design chairs that allow as many different sitting postures as possible and make it easy to move and change frequently between positions.

In this beautifully illustrated reference Opsvik offers insight into his thinking on the subject of sitting and explains the philosophy that informs his furniture designs. Rethinking Sitting contains important information for everyone who is interested, for professional, educational, or personal reasons, in sitting solutions.

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  • Reference and Research Bk News, 08/01/2009, Page 249

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