Michiel van der Kley, Globus, 2007. Baydour shell, cast aluminum base, fabric.

This is not a chair to look outward from to experience a view or engage in a conversation. It is a form that turns the user inwards, presumably towards one’s laptop computer; a complete departure from the Adirondack chair. Ever increasingly, electronic products and networks divert our attention from what is close to us, and encourages humans to forget about proximity.