The Iron Yuppie

First, I don't know why I'm surprised, but are you aware that there is a world's trade fair entirely dedicated to office furniture (among other things)? NeoCon 2006!

Second, are you aware they give out Gold & Silver medals for "continuous fixed seating systems" (among other things I presume)? They do. (Good thing that site requires registration... that's got to be some high quality information information about facilities management. You can use my login and password to get in if you'd like: username: "whatseriously", password: "what")

Here's a picture of the award winning continous fixed seating system!

Those people at SediaSystems are geniuses. GENIUSES.

However, let's get to the issue at hand. Chairs. According to this article that's been sitting around on my desk for no less than 3 years, the award winner for 2002 for office chairs is Knoll, with this little bad boy.

Ok, I'm not going to lie to you, it looks pretty good. But somehow, I still don't think it's going to provide the 8 to 10 hours of hard core sitting comfort I'm looking for. You know what I really want? One of those sensory deprivation chambers, but for work. I could just lie there, floating, my head back and legs perfectly supported as I typed away at blazing speed. I wouldn't even have to hold myself up as the viscosity of the liquid would be thick enough that it would allow all my muscles to relax simultaneously. Now THAT'S what I'm talking about. Like that episode where Homer is hovering in the wind tunnel? Ah good times.