LFX Occassional Chair

Machines that modify, extend or enhance the operational performance of human beings can be thought of as supplementary limbs or prostheses. Similarly, clothing can be seen as supplementary to and a prosthetic extension of human skin.

Viewed in this way, the chair is an out-growth of the spine extending the coccyx, creating supplementary legs or a tail to sit on, as with the kangaroo.

The principle element of the LFX system is an adjustable tubesteel spine which is strung and gaslift supported. This reactive element is designed to work comfortably as an organic extension of the sitter's spine responding to pressuer changes in posture. The spine is attached to a core chassis which contains the complete mechanism. Legs of any style or material can be attached to four anchor points on the chassis and are removable for transportation. While the back support profile is created by the internal mechanism and is ergonomically determined, the overall back is not.

Credits

Design: Michael Trudgeon, David Poulton
Exhibition Maquette: David Poulton
Working Prototype: David Poulton