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...black leather exterior--that began slowly gliding up and down my back. A system of infrared sensors, meanwhile, was supposed to be taking my measure, scanning my body to identify pressure points, and creating a massage customized to my size and shape. At floor level, a touch-sensitive footrest adjusted itself so that my foot rub could begin...
While the world waits for Ginger, which may or may not be a hydrogen-powered scooter (see next page), two San Francisco designers have built one of their own--or at least a prototype. The elegant carbon-fiber-and-aluminum Scoot combines a wide, scooped-out footrest with rugged, over-size wheels. Scoot folds in half so that the tires and grimy underside are neatly tucked away. And with a hydrogen fuel-cell engine, you will leave the slackers in the dust...
...Every new object should replace three," he says. His packaging for an Issey Miyake perfume was a corrugated polypropylene envelope that could double as a toiletries purse; his Bozart children's chair is also a toy box; and his Q Chaise converts from a table to a chair-and-footrest and then to a daybed...
...City, Ariz. After a few drafting lessons from correspondence school, Shoemaker in 1928 joined a cousin to make a reclining porch chair using a piece of plywood and a yardstick. In later models, of which there were many, Shoemaker jazzed up the chair with plush upholstery, a retractable footrest, and during the '60s, a feature that allowed the sitter to recline and rock simultaneously...
...alive. People sit here and talk nonsense to one another, order tea -- a liquor license is still to come -- wait for somebody to tilt a chair back, argue about what Starck did right and wrong. (Right: a bar, made of dark marble, with a lovely, sinuous stainless-steel footrest, and a thin strip of glowing blue glass set into the top. Wrong: tacky purple ropes with tassels, holding up enormous mirrors...