One complaint I have with The Verge’s office set-up is, it doesn’t feel enough like a playground. But these King Arthur Round Swing Tables, designed by Duffy London, could change that. The eight- and 12-person tables are equipped with swinging chairs suspended from a steel canopy, which is perfect if your “inner child” has $16,000 to spare.
I can’t decide if these swinging office chairs are amazing or terrible
Probably terrible
Probably terrible
“As soon as people sit in it, they instantly open up, their posture changes, and they start smiling,” designer Christopher Duffy told Fast Company. “There’s a different feeling when you’re hanging from something than when you’re sitting and you’re supported from underneath.”
That’s true, there is a different feeling. It’s a feeling usually associated with stomach-plunging roller coasters and bouncy chairs made for cradling fussy toddlers. But as I sit here, my body curled into a strange, trollish C-shape, that doesn’t sound so bad. I can almost feel the breeze as I swing — quiet, calm, peaceful.
Is this the worst idea ever, or the best idea ever? Or is it, like so many things, just a chair?
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