In addition, this brilliant chair surpasses all others with the two-function "Space Hole" in the seat.

The problem with many chairs, past and present, is the occasional need to leave the chair. Other chairs of of lesser quality, which do not provide the patented "Space Hole" technology cause increased suction on the buttock region, resulting in a most unpleasant "the-chair-is-stuck-to-my-butt" problem.

The "Space Hole" also, as mentioned, eliminates the need to leave the chair, as liquid, organic matter will naturally flow through convenient "Space Hole".

Options include "The Black Hole" attachment so said organic liquids will be held in a vase-like basin in coordinating exterior colors, with the interior being uniformly black.

Uh...I guess we all now know who will be voted least likely to be invited to any new product showings, eh?

Yes, I will mock the chairs. Anyone know if the above chair is actually comfortable?

Legs+seat as one piece raises structural integrity questions for me, but may be the he used computerised tension calculations and it is really sturdy; hard to tell without actual butt test, Andree.
Although from the picture lumbar support seems a bit inadequate...I volunteer for an empirical subject.

Morning! I have my earthlink back!

Yes, I wonder about back support as well. The backs of these look vaguely Cherner chairish, with all their attendant discomforts. The Cherner chairs, at least, have the sweeping drama of their arms. They're great to look at, even if they are not great to sit on.

This is the central question of chair design: are chairs primarily eye candy or ass candy?

Design Dabbler, it's gotta depend on how much space you have, how much money you have, and how good you feel.

Eye candy chairs won't fit in my apartment. Things have to be multifunctional, and if the chair isn't good for sitting on, what's the point in taking up my valuable floor space? It's not even good for a plant stand (hole in the bottom) or holding books
(not level).

However, I'd have no problem swiping the last photo of the close up of the back of the white one on the chair's website and having it blown up as wall art. Then I could have the eye candy without having to sit in the dang thing.

I didn't see a price. Which means I can't afford it. LOL!

If you've ever browsed IKEA office chairs, you'll see they're rated for light, medium and heavy use. I think all chairs and other seating items should be rated as well.

It's not so much on how well it stands up to the use, but for how long it's comfortable. Heavy use would then be the oh-so-comfortable, I-could-sit-here-all-day chair. Light use would be more I-checked-my-email-and-now-my-butt's-fallen-asleep.

And there are chairs you don't need to sit in all day. Dining chairs should be comfortable just long enough to eat a meal. I'd say those above chairs are good for a fast lunch. Not the kind you'd sit in to sip your favorite coffee beverage and watch people go by.

Which might be IDEAL for outdoor cafes. Attract them with whimsical chair design and interesting colors, have them buy the overpriced beverages, and get them out fast to make room for more people attracted by the chairs. The people will leave fast because the dang things are terribly uncomfortable.

And you'll be able to tell who was seated there, due to the bubble of fabric created by sitting on the chair with the hole. I guess it's for water drainage, as they can be used outdoors. I don't like that hole.

Andree, is your real name "George"? As in "Nelson"? He was thinking about these things too. He didn't want people lounging around in his office for too long, so he came up with the bench that bears his name -- a spectacular piece of ass-non-candy (ass-liver?) -- for people to sit on in his office. The problem was that it was also a spectacular piece of eye candy. So, there we have the Nelson bench, in museum after store after Design Dabbler apartment. Nobody ever sits on it -- just looks at it, or uses it to rest the center speaker of his/her surround sound system.

DD, Nope, not George Nelson here, but I'd love one of those benches. Not to sit on, of course. Nice plant stand. Maybe made out of recycled plastics and wood waste, like TREX decking, instead of wood. So it could be hosed down. Not that I have a hose.

Chairs are size-dependent anyway. It's a Goldilocks thing. The chair that is just right for me would be too small for you and too big for a child.

I gotta wonder why the guy didn't just say "I don't want people lounging around in my office".

What's wrong with the truth? I have heard more than once when helping people with their spaces that I was more honest than their friends.

I'm not worried about offending, it's only an opinion on what might work. Might not work. Might be the most hideous idea ever. I dunno.

I remember one lady who was looking for a dress, since her older son was getting married. I mean OLDER, he was in his forties for his first marriage, so the lady was older than that.

She wasn't so sure about the marriage or the dress, so I looked for dresses and said "Remember, you're not losing a son, you're gaining a hussy."

I didn't hear back from her for awhile, and I worried that I had offended her, but when she did get back to me, apparently she thought it was funny. Good. It was supposed to be.

Are there any other neat stories about people purposely making things uncomfortable? I mean, besides torture devices. And some of the chairs I've sat in, well, I'm not really sure which category they'd fall in.

Please stop saying "space hole" and "organic liquids." ;)

i've tried this chair and it's great, enough support and all. And they are affordable (I'm actually considering buying these and replacing my heavy use IKEA chairs)

Indeed, these are decent to sit on. The design is rather clever, waistline and all. The seat is deeper than most plastic chairs. Tried the 'air chair' before and this one is a lot better.

Quite amazing how a plastic chair can be slender. Now I've got to get a table to match :) FWIW I've got the ones they call yellow but are actually rather green (they say Pantone 395, which is called 'fluo green').