New York designer Deger Cengiz has created a chair with an extra support that swings out when the chair is tipped back.
“Attitude Chair is developed for teens with attitude; prevents falling when the chair is tipped back,” says Cengiz. “The flip-support mechanism works with gravitational reflex principles.”
The product is made of wood and MDF in a limited edition of 13 for Voos Furniture.
See Cengiz’ Selfish&Devoted plant pot and watering can in our previous story.
August 11th, 2009 at 11:11 am
I hate to do this, but the writers of the Simpsons invented this first, it is as if you watched the Simpsons episode where Homer turns to design and invention.
The Simpsons – Season 10, Episode 2. “The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace”, an episode of The Simpsons where Homer Simpson becomes obsessed with inventions until he finally invents something useful (additional chair legs to prevent falling) when it turns out that Edison had invented it first.
(from Wikipedia)
August 11th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Wow! Like this one a lot! Reminds me of a guy in my class who tips back his chair a lot, but falls back a lot as well!
August 11th, 2009 at 11:16 am
Hey,
Homer J Simpson designed that chair!
August 11th, 2009 at 11:22 am
Call me crazy, but I have seen this exact idea before somewhere.
August 11th, 2009 at 11:32 am
As much as I like the watering, this is equally great
but has anyone ever seen the Thomas edison episode of
The Simpsons? hmmm this chair is in it…
August 11th, 2009 at 11:35 am
This chair was in SIMPSONS!!!
August 11th, 2009 at 11:39 am
this was on the simpsons.
August 11th, 2009 at 11:44 am
as seen in ‘the simpsons’
August 11th, 2009 at 11:47 am
Simpsons did it!
August 11th, 2009 at 11:49 am
Simpsons did it!
August 11th, 2009 at 11:53 am
Neat enough but i quite like balancing, getting to the last possible point, before . . . CRASH!
August 11th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~elmer/simpsons/homer/sixleggedchair.jpg
August 11th, 2009 at 12:09 pm
how many ‘teens with attitude’ do you know spend their pocket money on limited edition chairs? 13 hopefully. Something a bit fake here – the design art edition approach, or the marketing towards teens.
August 11th, 2009 at 12:18 pm
So, ehm did anyone mention that Simpsons already did it?
August 11th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
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HOMER FOR PRESIDENT !
August 11th, 2009 at 12:34 pm
im pretty sure this was on the simpsons…good idea though
August 11th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Homer J. Simpson didn’t design it first, it was Edison..! Matthew already mentioned it in the first comment.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:36 pm
…but it’s not really relevant if Homer did it first. I like the concept but the design is not really that interesting. I don’t like that the extra two legs is shown as separate from the chair.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
First thing in my mind when i saw this: Homer did it…
Glad to read all these comments!
August 11th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
regardless who ever did it first, the thinking behind this is quite poor.
if homer ‘designed’ this, it should say enough, really.
furthermore, the whole reason behind tipping back is its danger, its potential to fall. whereas here…
peace.
August 11th, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Simpsons did it!
August 11th, 2009 at 5:24 pm
……… stealing from the dear Simpsons……. WHY YOU LITTLE…..!
August 11th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
HOMER SIMPSON AND THOMAS JEFFERSON.
August 11th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
D’oh!
August 11th, 2009 at 6:23 pm
Guys dont be fooled, o j Simpson did this 1st
But it wasnt red
August 11th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
I am far more concerned that the support may not always flip every time you lean back…
August 11th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Does anyone know where I can get the Homer Simpson original version?
August 11th, 2009 at 9:05 pm
The red part is also an IKEA chair!
August 12th, 2009 at 1:49 am
Not to be a hater but this is literally an IKEA chair with an extra bit. In a project this small it seems like you could at least take time to design the whole chair…
August 12th, 2009 at 2:57 am
lol. totally simpsons….
August 12th, 2009 at 6:31 am
never seen so many comments.
August 12th, 2009 at 6:39 am
simpsons
August 12th, 2009 at 11:42 am
Please read the first comment on here, Homer Simpson didn’t invent it…. the episode showed that Edison invented it, and in reality the writers scripted that bit. So you have to credit the writers of the Simpsons!
If this one made it on to Dezeen, could I publish an alarm that beeps every three seconds when everything is OK, or a shotgun which shoots make-up onto women’s faces?
August 12th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
I wonder how the creators of the Simpsons feel about their made up cartoon character being credited for the design of the chair. Amazing achievement for them i think! Sorry this has nowt to do with the article!
August 12th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
you may laugh but students tipping their chairs back and falling is a serious problem in the classrooms of the world. Not only can this cause injury but it also disrupts the rest of the class. ; )
Re Simpsons. I prefer the baby translator Homer’s brother invented. I think someone has also brought this one to market!
August 12th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
hahah never seen so many pro simpson comments on a design blog…
if it was simpson branded i might be tempted to buy one as a joke present to a very ‘laid back’ person i know.
August 12th, 2009 at 3:13 pm
it does look like a typical cartoon chair, only it’s real.
but why prejudge this design based on it being originally conceived/designed by someone else? isn’t that what design markets are based on? redefining conventions? [like all good art]
we are all redesigning/tweaking conventions via design daily.
this is a very plain chair with a kickstand. not understanding the context of this particular design is what is comic. kudos to the Simpsons.
this funny red chair, with a boring white kick stand, is generating a lot of conversation. but, expect a long wait to see someone stepping up to profit on this one. a desirable revamp of the ‘funny homer chair’, in high end materials is a long way off.
August 12th, 2009 at 5:02 pm
This chair has a wing-leg flipping out with the change of balance point.
I don’t think homer chair had a moving mechanism; so additional pair of the legs were sticking out, creating obstacle when someone was walking behind. Even there are similar ones, I think the invention is the retractable legs, when they are not in use.
August 12th, 2009 at 5:25 pm
Has no-one seen the Simpsons episode where Homer comes up with this idea? Amazing that something considered a joke by an American comedy series is being shown as a serious design idea.
August 12th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
Everyone beat me to it…
Simpsons did it!
Also, a “teen with attitude” wouldn’t need the kickstand. I’d also like to know of a teen without attitude.
August 12th, 2009 at 6:06 pm
This is an American shaker idea. A chair with small swing out stands on the back legs. They swing out to extend the chairs tipping point when the sitter leans back. A deeper historical review might find it in other places.
August 12th, 2009 at 6:58 pm
no one is prejudging this. just stating that it was on the simpsons as one of Homer’s works of genius.
August 12th, 2009 at 11:23 pm
“Simpsons did it, Simpsons did it!”
August 13th, 2009 at 9:44 am
hahahaha!! some peoples comments are really fantastic.
….Homer didn’t design it first, it was Edison…….. The simpsons is a cartoon the writers came up with the idea……..
You don´t say………..
August 13th, 2009 at 10:13 am
OK, Sweers,
Lets go with your opinion that this is a serious piece of design that has been generated by “redesigning / tweaking”
As I recall, and correct me if I’m wrong, the Simpsons/Edison chair had two independant flip support mechanisms. Thus, with your average bone idle teenager being likely to leave his/her stolen/borrowed/fake/scruffy bag lying against the rear of the back leg…. the Simspons/Edison one stands a chance of saving their bony butts when only one of the support legs fails to engage. With the Attitue Chairs single piece construction of the flip support mechanism, they stand no chance. This will result in a flurry of air grabbing from the panic stricken teen (who was led to believe they would be perfectly safe in carrying out this action) now accellerating at a rate of 9.81 metres per second squared toward the floor causing untold damage to the aforementioned stolen/borrowed/fake/scruffy bag.
Just my opinion!
Please post this as it took me a while to write it and I’m supposed to be working!
August 13th, 2009 at 11:50 am
doggyboop – homers chair did have swinging legs and was pretty much identical to this. However, as its pointed out the simpons have done pretty much everything in the entire world – my main gripe is how this is allowed onto this website when its clear that its derivitive, poorly contextualised (especially in trying to give it a justification away from the simpons) and has no reason for being an edition piece. As someone said earlier, its an ikea chair with legs attached and little craft or skilll involved, which are kind of prerequisites of edition furniture, and no teenagers are going to be buying edition furniture.
August 13th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
forget about the simpsons.
this has been photographed well, looks well made and looks cool too!
August 13th, 2009 at 10:31 pm
give some props to the writers of that simpson-episode
http://www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~elmer/simpsons/homer/sixleggedchair.jpg
August 15th, 2009 at 1:41 pm
mr h Says:
August 13th, 2009 at 8:17 pm
forget about the simpsons.
this has been photographed well, looks well made and looks cool too!
ahh sorry none of the above. looks cool? huh?
toodles
August 17th, 2009 at 9:55 am
this chair was in family guy.. oh, wait, maybe it was the simpsons.
ok fine, rip off a concept from somewhre else, but do something interesting with the chair, it looks like ikea with poorly added legs.. even the same colour scheme as homers version. boo.
August 17th, 2009 at 11:33 am
I can’t believe all the comments.
Although I must say when I first saw this I was wracking my brain to try and think of where I’d seen it before – and then hey presto The Simpsons! This must have taken all of 5 minutes to come up with… apart from the extra legs being attached to each other it is practically identical to the one in the cartoon!
I’d feel slightly more forgiving if it was part of a ’stuff invented by cartoonists’ collection and not trying to pass itself off as a serious piece of furniture designed for teenagers.
August 17th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
crap…I’ve seen it before as well…I was in the CAAC in Seville last week where they have a beautiful exhibition on the flamenco-dance. It included a photo of Salvador Dali on a chair very very similair to the one above -naturally, next to him was a gorgeous girl in flamenco stance- but his chair looked homemade instead of the slick ‘n smooth design seen above. I liked Dali’s version much better. Go and see the exhibition if you’re in the neighbourhood…
August 17th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I actually saaw this chair back in the first run of Godzilla. The black and white one.
Just after he comes out of the sea he rocks up on the beach and takes a litte sit down break on a chair very similar to this. I remember my mom saying – “that chair’s going to break”, but then these little legs pop out the back and hold him up. Then he rampages through the city.
I think Homer might have ripped off this episode.
August 19th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Dear commentor(s):
I’m the designer of the “Attitude chair”, or the most recent designer of this type of chair. I’d like to acknowledge the previous work on similar designs. I found a few classical and contemporary versions with some problems that I observed and wanted to improve. However, I don’t watch TV often, and I was not aware of the version shown on a Simpsons episode 11 years ago. I admire the creator of the cartoon for thinking this idea. Off course, if I had watched the related episode, there is no way I would have gone out of my way to spend plenty of time and a little money to build this prototype. My purpose was to investigate my idea and see the public’s reaction. I’ve got the results and there will be no other edition made. If anyone needs further information, please feel free to contact me via my website.
August 19th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Unlucky my friend…you should definately watch The Simpsons though, one of the best things on TV still after all these years.
August 20th, 2009 at 12:22 am
No man, check out the Godzilla episode – the chair is way better in that one… even though it’s just in black and white.
November 10th, 2009 at 11:54 pm
Yep, it’s a simpsons design, maybe someone can do something like an apple made from food cubes or forks armables