As if I don’t spend enough time on the keyboard already…

Designers Bonuccelli and Lamm have created this nifty eco-recliner as a submission to the UMUL 2009 project (Use More, Use Less), a permanent workshop on re-use in design.  The recliner requires a bunch of identical keyboards, which were acquired in partnership with VOICE SYSTEMS, a company offering IT support to users with visual disabilities.  This company develops and produces a machine for the automatic reading of printed texts, known as VOICEbox.  From Lamm, “The device is integrated with a laptop, from which the keyboard is removed, as it has a numeric keyboard that is easier to use for those with visual disabilities.”   The discarded laptop keyboards were then used to create the sleekly geeky Text-ile chair.  No idea what comfort issues might arise if a key gets stuck…

via: mocoloco