Rethinking Sitting

by Peter Opsvik

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393732886
• ISBN13: 9780393732887
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.2" x 9.3"