Monday, September 28, 2020

ड्रॉवर्स उडाले आकाशी , त्यांनी गिळिले सूर्याशी ...Saul Steinberg and The Tyranny of Drawers

Artist: Saul Steinberg

Sara Hendren, ‘The tyranny of chairs: why we need betterdesign ‘, The Guardian, Aug 25 2020:

“...How can a nice cushioned chair that screams comfort be so ill-suited to most actual bodies? The real science of ergonomics, Cranz argues, should point designers toward chair design that supports and enables the body’s need for movement, not stillness – with seats that angle downward in front, for example, and have a base that’s flexible enough for the sitter to shift their body weight from leg to leg. But for the most part, these principles are ignored in favour of fashion and cheap manufacturing.

Chairs are generally not a response to the realities of the body, its natural evolution, or its needs over any extended period. Instead, the industrialised body has devolved in its needs and succumbed to chairs. “We design them,” Cranz writes, repurposing a famous line of Winston Churchill’s, “but once built, they shape us.””

त्या  ड्रॉवर्सची ताकत पहा, त्यांनी झेप घेत ब्रह्माण्ड व्यापायला सुरवात केली...  ड्रॉवर्स, नोकरशाही, CO2, हाव , entropy ....वगैरे वगैरे