Old and busted: sitting on the floor
The new hotness: sitting on a hole in the floor!
The OOoo chair is the brainchild of the design firm Decker Yeadon. It's basically a set of holes in the floor where you can slip your legs into and, well, sit down:
You can easily make your own OOoo Chair if you have a wooden floor and a basement. The OOoo Chair, you see, is accomplished by drilling O-holes in your floor, so if you live in an apartment the OOoo Chair would likely be intrusive to your downstairs neighbor.
You can easily make your own OOoo Chair if you have a wooden floor and a basement. The OOoo Chair, you see, is accomplished by drilling O-holes in your floor, so if you live in an apartment the OOoo Chair would likely be intrusive to your downstairs neighbor.
And remember folks, less is more. Now where's my router? Link
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Really, doesn't it look a bit "legless", having such chairs?
Yeah, because the Japanese have always been known for their completely rational culture and technology.
http://tinyurl.com/39o9ryt
They are similar to this http://www.corbisimages.com/images/67/31E17FEC-9D11-418A-B90D-6662B10EA43A/42-18058645.jpg
In some older farm houses, the hearth was sunken in. Some houses also had a bench of sorts made around the hearth, so you could lay down maybe your soggy wet coat or whatever, while you had yourself some tea and warmed by the fire.. The bench was made from the surrounding floor. The holes are not intentional. They just happen to be an efficient design.