Saturday, November 1, 2008

A levitating chair?


I'm intrigued to read about the hovering lounger developed by Hoverit in England. They describe it as follows:

'Float away your stress on our unique suspended lounger'

British Company, Hoverit Ltd, introduce ‘The Lounger’, which is the first of their revolutionary magnetic ‘hover’ furniture range. British design, precision engineered and British built by hand. Defying gravity with the use of repelling magnetic forces in both the bed and base this contemporary lounger is comfortable, practical and stylish.




The sensation that you feel as you lay back and close your eyes is totally different, like floating on a cloud.




Innovative cutting edge design.

Whether inside or out, the entire lounger can be easily moved with the aid of small castor wheels in the base. Hoverit continue to develop and design and engineer their entire range using state-of-the-art CAD software.


It certainly looks interesting, and sounds very comfortable . . . but for someone like me, there might be a problem. I've got metal straps holding my back together, the result of a work-related injury back in 2004. If I sit down on this magnet-powered device, is there any guarantee I'll be able to get back up again?



Peter

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Frankly, with all that perfectly flat plastic, it does NOT look very comfortable! A little curving to fit the human body and/or a little padding would do wonders, as any decent experienced chair designer knows.

phlegmfatale said...

I think the lucite will make people sweat. I'm just guessing about that.