human chair

Sometime we are accustomed to using technology to solve problems. Have you ever thought about trying nature and simple ways? Possibly, it can not only solve the problem but also bring unexpected happy experience.



In April 2003, as is the case every year, tens of thousands of buyers, sellers and browsers from around the world gathered in Milan, Italy at the Salone del Mobile. While those attending the massive fair heralded the design industry's latest and greatest contributions to our culture of consumption, nearby a local design gallery offered a refreshing change of pace.
Opos is an alternative gallery known for displaying some of today's boldest designs, and the piece shown alone in the gallery that April, created by Spanish designer Martín Ruiz de Azúa, was no exception. In the otherwise empty gallery space, Ruiz de Azúa's Human Chair was displayed as a single image of a group of people sitting on each other's knees forming a tight circle. Propped one on top of the other in friendship and fragile dependency, the group smiled and waved as their photograph was taken.

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