Ergonomic Seating Inspired by Tree Trunks

The first piece of wooden "furniture" was undoubtedly a fallen tree trunk, with some Homo Erectus using it to take a load off. Ergonomically speaking, it wouldn't have been a bad choice, as Dutch industrial designer Ruud-Jan Kokke learned. While speaking with orthopedic surgeon Piet van Loon, "Van Loon gave me the example of a tree trunk on which you can sit upright without effort," Kokke explains. Kokke and van Loon, whose mission is to correct people's poor posture and subsequent back...