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At $8.5 million, this could be the world’s most expensive camping chair

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This 17th Century Chinese Folding Horseshoe-Back Jiaoyi sold for HKD$65,975,000 (US$8,502,370) at Christie’s Hong Kong on 28 May 2021

The world-record price for a camping chair more than doubled this week when Christie’s Hong Kong sold a 17th Century Chinese Folding Horseshoe-Back Jiaoyi for HKD$65,975,000 (US$8,502,370), far exceeding the highest price previously fetched by a Chinese Jiaoyi of RMB27,370,000 (US$3,979,065) set by Poly Auction in Beijing in December 2018.

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Portable workstation works remotely … from home or deep in the field

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In 2019, Belgian engineer Andreas De Smedt jumped on the standing desk bandwagon with the Notadesk, a simple sit/stand laptop desk designed to mount to a window or tree. With the pandemic-accelerated work-from-anywhere trend having caught fire througho… Continue reading Portable workstation works remotely … from home or deep in the field→

Lightweight folding chair uses trekking poles as part of its frame

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Many hikers use trekking poles, plus they carry a folding camp chair in their backpack. The TrekChair is designed to both save space and reduce weight, by integrating the poles into the chair’s frame.Continue ReadingCategory: Outdoors, LifestyleTags: H… Continue reading Lightweight folding chair uses trekking poles as part of its frame→

Serving The Feline Masters: A Chair To Follow The Sunny Spot

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Terry Pratchett once wrote, “In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this”. [Jonathan]’s cat has clearly not forgotten, and makes it loudly known whenever her favorite chair needs to be moved to stay in the …read more

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Razer shows off wild gaming chair concept and new Blade laptops

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The cool new tech keeps coming at CES 2021 this week, and gaming firm Razer has joined the party. It’s showing off upgrades to its flagship Blade laptop line, as well as an immersive gaming chair concept that features a 60-inch rollout OLED display.Con… Continue reading Razer shows off wild gaming chair concept and new Blade laptops→

Review: AndaSeat Fnatic Edition treats your butt like a pro gamer’s

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Athlete endorsements are meaningful to people buying sporting goods. Want some basketball shoes? Check out what Steph Curry’s wearing, if those kicks can keep his wonky, hundred-million-dollar ankles safe, chances are they’ll work for you too. Tiger Wo… Continue reading Review: AndaSeat Fnatic Edition treats your butt like a pro gamer’s→

You’re Sitting On an Engineering Masterpiece: Chairs as a Design Challenge

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If you move as a hardware hacker through the sometimes surprisingly similar world of artists, craftspeople, designers, blacksmiths, and even architects, there’s one piece of work that you will see time and time again as an object that exerts a curious fascination. It seems that designing and building a chair …read more

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Featherlight BTR camping stool features twisting telescopic legs for easy carry

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Marrying comfort with portability is a challenge for all outdoor gearmakers designing compact chairs and stools for the great outdoors. Canada’s Hillsound Equipment attempt to find this sweet spot centers on a clever two-in-one telescopic mec… Continue reading Featherlight BTR camping stool features twisting telescopic legs for easy carry→

DIY Ovalia Chair Serves Your Futuristic Fantasies

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The 1960s were a heady time, with both society and the language of design undergoing rapid changes over a short period. Back in 1968, Henrik Thor-Larsen exhibited his Ovalia egg chair for the first time, at the Scandinavian Furniture Fair. With original examples now antiques, and with even replicas being prohibitively expensive, it might just be worth considering building your own if you need to have one. Thankfully, [Talon Pascal] leads the way.

It’s a replica that’s built with accessible DIY tools and techniques. The frame is built up from plywood parts, cut out with a jigsaw. These are then …read more

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Flite Test Puts a Chair in the Air

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The Flite Test crew is well known for putting some crazy flying contraptions together. They’ve outdone themselves this time with a flying IKEA chair. This build began with [Josh] issuing a challenge to [Stefan]. Take a standard IKEA ladderback chair and make it fly– in less than six hours. With such a tight schedule, measuring twice and cutting once was right out the window. This was a hackathon-style “throw it together and hope it works” build.

The chair was plenty sturdy, so it became the core of the fuselage. [Stefan] grabbed the wing from a previous plane and placed it …read more

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