How is it that after thousands of years of humans opting to build things for their butts to rest on rather than using the ground, comfortable yet functional seating is still uncommon, rare even. It’s shocking and amusing how varied the shortcomings are, too. In the wide world, with everything from stools to benches and office chairs to armless swivel chairs and you might find...
> Products aren’t designed for people to play with and adjust to their own needs—they’re optimized to sell and leave the user wanting more.
My friend who took a bunch of product/industrial design and architecture classes in college actually designed and built several chairs for multiple classes, so I think the chair example is very appropriate for this topic. I bought her this book of 1000 chairs (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1083029.1000_Chairs) as a joke, but I never thought to ask what sort of things they thought about when designing their chairs.
I loved this line. It's so true 😅
> Products aren’t designed for people to play with and adjust to their own needs—they’re optimized to sell and leave the user wanting more.
My friend who took a bunch of product/industrial design and architecture classes in college actually designed and built several chairs for multiple classes, so I think the chair example is very appropriate for this topic. I bought her this book of 1000 chairs (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1083029.1000_Chairs) as a joke, but I never thought to ask what sort of things they thought about when designing their chairs.