Category: chair miscellaneous

How they are Seated at Google’s

It’s no secret that Zurich Googlers inhabit an office that puts your foosball fun time corner to shame, and there’s no better way to spur envy than through a photo gallery put together by the Googsters themselves. Also check out this recent BBC video and article that delves into the inner workings of this ultimate alterna-workspace’s benefits like sliding into work rather than taking the elevator. thanks bryman!

via Core77

Texas Chair Project

The Texas Chair Project is the first of 3 phases of a project that will ultimately benefit the arts and the environment, two chairished chairities. picture of all 100 chairs The idea behind The Chair Project stems from a long tradition of artists trading with artists. Artist Damian Priour has created 100 chairs made from his signature combination of glass and limestone. The stone is 100 million years old, some have fossils embedded in them and others are carved. These chairs will go to about 100 artists who will be asked to, in return, create a chair of their own making. The only limitation is that their chair must fit into the same 8x8x8 inch box that the Priour chair comes in. That does not mean that it must confine itself to that size when the box is opened, however. Artists are encouraged to use the materials for which they are known but the only thing required is creativity.

via The Texas Chair Project

Glued to your seat for 2 years?

Deputies in Ness City, Kansas, responded to a call from a man that said that there was something wrong with his girlfriend. This is what they found in the guy’s bathroom: Deputies said a woman in western Kansas sat on her boyfriend’s toilet for two years, and they’re investigating whether she was mistreated. Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said a man called his office last month to report that something was wrong with his girlfriend. Whipple said it appeared the 35-year-old Ness City woman’s skin had grown around the seat. She initially refused emergency medical services but was finally convinced by responders and her boyfriend that she needed to be checked out at a hospital. “We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital.” Whipple said. “The hospital removed it. She was not glued. She was not tied. She was just physically stuck by her body,” Whipple said. “It is hard to imagine. I still have a hard time imagining it myself.” He told investigators he brought his girlfriend food and water, and asked her every day to come out of the bathroom. And her reply would be, “Maybe tomorrow,” Whipple said. According to him, she did not want to leave the bathroom.

via Neatorama

Another 100 Chairs Project

100 chairs Charity
Via Snog Blog I came across a chairity project wherein 100 chairs were decorated by various artists and thereafter sold for a good cause.