[hackpgh-discuss] Re: ergonomics
- From: "j. eric townsend" <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: hackpgh-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2016 18:05:36 -0400
Ha. Amusing to see email about building furniture while I'm face down
in Anarchist's Tool Chest and woodworking books. You know, those paper
things...
In the mid-90s I had RSI so bad I couldn't type for a year. I spent a
lot of that time reading on ergonomics and have self-educated in a
number of workspace-related areas since. I also used every ergo
keyboard I could find in the bay area, switched to the Kinesis, and
never looked back.
On 4/22/16 16:30, Andrew C. wrote:
Seconded Steve, watchwork is many, many hours hunched in a chair,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
No furniture design will fix this, at best it might add an hour to
"many". Frequent breaks, stretching, light exercise, and changes of
tools/keyboards/chairs/tables/etc are all needed for us to stay healthy.
My viola instructor knows she has to stop practicing at some point or
she's going to injure her body, so it's not just engineering that needs
rest and breaks.
So chairs. That's the first problem, sitting for work when we evolved
to work while standing, kneeling, or being in other no-chairs-yet
positions. If I have to sit I move every ~30 minutes, change chairs,
change the height of my desk, etc. At Apple I switched to standing
while I worked, the first week was a workout of ignored back muscles but
standing soon became more comfortable than sitting/slouching.
A review of a book to read on chairs and why we sit:
http://www.allartburns.org/2006/01/26/review-the-chair-rethinking-culture-body-and-design-galen-cranz/
My thoughts on the Hag Capisco, I've had one in my office for ~10 years
and still love it to death. Lots and lots of comments in the past ten
years.
http://www.allartburns.org/2006/10/07/a-year-with-a-hag-capisco/
But if you want to build furniture, something I enjoy doing, there are
some great designs to work from. I would start with Papanek and
Hennessey's "Nomadic Furniture" and Hennessey's "Nomadic Furniture 2".
My review (with a surprise comment!):
http://www.allartburns.org/2007/10/25/review-nomadic-furniture/
A review with photos:
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http://www.youareelectric.com/victor-papanek-participatory-design-and-nomadic-furniture/>
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