The Sedentary Workers: Orchestra Musicians

Although the evidence is not, yet, conclusive, recent years have seen an increasing confidence in the theory that sitting for too long can have a negative impact on health, and that all whose job involves prolonged sitting should regularly stand, move and generally change their body position.

But what about those workers who can’t? What about those workers whose job is defined by long periods of sitting?

Ambiente Frankfurt 2017 Compact: Bouillon

Amongst all the fake flavours at Ambiente Frankfurt 2017 the Umami of Japanese design studio Bouillon was a genuine delight.

Bora Hong – Cosmetic Surgery Kingdom @ VOLUME Gallery Berlin

For the 13th century Dominican friar Thomas Aquinas beauty required a perfect combination of integritas, consonantia & claritas – integrity,

Blurred Lines or What if Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke designed furniture?

On March 10th 2015 a jury at the Central District Court of California in Los Angeles concluded that Pharrell Williams

Milan Design Week 2015: On Seating…..

For us one of the few genuine joys of Milan Design Week is observing visitors to the furniture fair perching

smow blog compact: Van stoelen bezeten at Gorcums Museum

As many of you will be aware, back in November we struggled to find five design exhibitions opening in December

Sitting – Lying – Swinging. Furniture from Thonet at the Grassi Museum for Applied Arts, Leipzig

Standing in the Leipzig Grassi Museum for Applied Arts, surrounded by 150 years of Thonet chair history, Peter Thonet, x-times-great