Homework #2

Neils Diffrient: Rethinking the way we sit down

Neils begins by discussing how he grew to love airplanes from a young age. He learned everything he could about airplanes and began drawing and building models. I found it interesting that he said, "in order for a plane to fly you had to learn the discipline of flying". This is interesting because he initially thought he could just draw what he saw in order to understand how a plane works. He didn't realize that there's so much more to learn. He mentions that he had to stop drawing "fantasy shapes" and turn them into technical drawings. He then carried this thought process through school and his designs. He used his knowledge of airplanes to design a chair that would balance your weight as you reclined and would accommodate many people. I thought this was an interesting approach to a creating a design because Neils used drew inspiration from his knowledge of airplanes to create a chair that functions well.