Published on Jan. 30, 2024, 8:07 p.m.

We live in an era of paradoxes. Our homes, particularly in urban centers, are shrinking, yet we demand more from them than ever…

Published on Nov. 8, 2024, 3:33 p.m.

We are the sitting species. More than any generation in history, our lives are dictated by the chair. It is our command center …

Published on Nov. 14, 2024, 9:30 a.m.

There's a silent, universal language spoken by the modern human body. It's the dull ache in the lower back after a day chained …

Published on Jan. 31, 2024, 2:13 p.m.

In the quiet theater of our daily lives, the sofa is the silent protagonist. It is the gravitational center of the living room,…

Published on Feb. 2, 2024, 7:41 p.m.

We spend a third of our lives, or more, in a position our bodies were never designed to maintain: sitting. In our offices, our …

Published on Jan. 30, 2024, 5:10 p.m.

In the digital catalog of modern life, amidst the cacophony of algorithmically-suggested wants, sits an object of profound mund…

Published on Feb. 1, 2024, 5:13 p.m.

Our bodies were forged in motion. For millennia, the human form was a masterpiece of kinetic engineering, designed to hunt, gat…

Published on Feb. 2, 2024, 3:05 p.m.

For millennia, the chair was a symbol of power. To be seated on a throne, a magistrate’s bench, or at the head of a table was t…

Published on Feb. 1, 2024, 3:33 p.m.

Inside your body, a silent war is being waged. As you sit, reading these words, the force of gravity—an omnipresent, relentless…

Published on Dec. 21, 2024, 4:46 p.m.

Look at a chair. No, really *look* at it. In the corner of a room, there sits an object so familiar it’s nearly invisible. An a…