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Here's a ridiculous ritual: When you go to a fancy restaurant, and a server lurks behind you as you sit, trying to correctly time when to push your chair forward for you. I do this weird crouch and turn my head over my shoulder to indicate it's go-time. After I sit, I feel ridiculous that another human being helped me get there.
Image credit: Jay Wennington on Unsplash
When we're on our own, we belly up to the table by grabbing the sides of the chair and scooting. I never thought about how weird and inelegant this act is, until I saw this photo:
Image credit: Thoteman
Image credit: Thoteman
That's clearly a DIY fix that doesn't integrate well into the design, but I'm guessing it's functionally perfect.
So, yea or nay: Ought all dining chairs be designed with this aspect of their use in mind? Surely there's an elegant, unobtrusive way to do this.
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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Design Details Debate: Ought Dining Chairs Have Handles on the Sides?
Why is this article even on here?
A solution, in search of The Firstest of first world problems.
To see what I actually meant in prior comments, look at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sammaloofwoodworker/9153345627/
Rethinking Chair Comfort” article. Sam wrote about the design in FineWoodworking several times.
Why not just grab the side rails of the seat? Those look like they'd force you to twist your wrist at an awkward angle to use them anyway.