Being told to sit

Tiny Things I Do That Make a Room Feel Alive by Colin King “Good rooms often tell you what to do before you think about it. You know where to sit.” + Just a Tool by Frank Elavsky “A chair orders you to sit and sit in a particular way, by its design. “Your being is intended through the tool: you are intended to sit still, face forward, and behave.” Related reading: Affordances we can’t refuse by Andrey Mir Flame and Filament by Nicholas Carr See also: Paying attention to the design of our spaces