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When the Lazy Chair Falls Down, It Gets Right Back Up

Sep 20, 2010 07:00 PM

Arcade with pinball machines and players engaged in gameplay.

UK designers Fresh West's "Lazy Chair" is a prototype designed to collapse by lever, and then slowly, automatically stand back up.

Stylish chair design with a smaller model beside it.

Reminiscent of collapsible, wooden jointed so-called "swoon toys", the concept is indeed a fun one (though the self-healing robotic chair is fascinatingly anthropomorphic). Scroll all the way down for a video demonstration.

Wooden chair on a white surface with a spoon underneath.

Minimalistic wooden chair on a white background.

Stack of wooden sticks on a white surface next to a pen.

Previously, Self Healing Chair Picks Itself Up Off the Floor... Literally.

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