Do you sometimes wish you had a wheelbarrow that could convert into a chair? Or a chair that could convert into a wheelbarrow? You’re luck could be in. Inventors James Patrick Cardona, of Coolum Beach, Queensland (Australia); Trevor Raymond Clark, of Woombye, Queensland (Australia); Guy Darren Trappett, of Peregian Spring, Queensland (Australia); and Mario Cardona, […]
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Subway Benches (postphenomenological viewpoints)
Subway benches, mundane though they might seem, can sometimes become ‘multistable’ – thereby attracting the attention of Robert Rosenberger (who is an assistant professor in the School of Public Policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology). The professor, a specialist in postphenomenology, has recently examined the multistability and agency of mundane artifacts (from speed bumps […]
Ballet for machinery and a chair
Arthur Ganson‘s ballet for machinery and a chair: (Thanks to investigator Vaughn Tan for bringing this to our attention.)
Lowering into the books
Bookride describes a passage from a 2009 book Books Do Furnish a Room, by Leslie Geddes Brown: There is a great shot of designer Sallie Trout who built shelves in an inaccessible stairwell which she reaches by a bosun’s chair fastened to a chain hoist hanging from the ceiling above.