All I want for Christmas is the Stokke Gravity Chair. It provides four different sitting positions, including fully reclined and forwarding leaning, simply by shifting your weight. I wouldn't be surprised if it was more comfortable than a La-Z-Boy, while still being able to pull of the title of task chair, and remaining relatively light and mobile.
The ergonomic benefits of changing your position throughout the workday are obvious, and I really love chairs that provide a place to kneel, but why is high design so high priced? At $2,400, I don't think I will be privileged enough to own one anytime soon, and good luck getting your boss to buy you one too.
Why are mass produced things often times the worst things? I don't claim to fully understand the economic demands on mainstream furniture designers, but I wish they produced more ground breaking concepts like this more often. Design for the everyman is bland and sad.
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