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Why Buy a New Chair When You Can Tweak an Old One?

I needed a new desk chair–my old one was a bit…uncomfortable. I don’t like buying new chairs because there are already enough of them in the world. Sometimes it’s a matter of tweaking an object that already exists to make it fit your needs. My main goal was to make a comfortable chair. Car seats are exactly that, and there are plenty of them around…everywhere. But car seats are not desk chairs. They need some some tweaks—add a simple frame, some wheels and you have a buddy for life.

This story originally appeared on Story Hopper, a collection of design stories worth sharing, squeezed into short videos.

http://www.core77.com/posts/57207/Why-Buy-a-New-Chair-When-You-Can-Tweak-an-Old-One