Ergonomics has long been considered as a crucial aspect of good design. But one Dutch artist took the concept a bit further.
During the last Dutch Design Week held in Eindhoven in the Netherlands last October 22-26, artist Marcia Nolte unveiled Corpus 2.0—a collection of portraits showing the human body adapting to the design of everyday products—a reverse ergonomics, so to speak.
The portraits includes those showing a smoker evolving with a hole in the lips to hold cigarettes, an extended shoulder to support a phone. Text addicts will also find it fascinating to see the human thumb growing an extra joint for more efficient texting. But fashionistas all over will rejoice (or not!) when the day comes that feet will be able to hold its form as if it is wearing heels even when they’re not.
An extended shoulder to support the phone
Fashion-forward feet
texting has never been this easy and...weird
To learn more about Marcia Nolte and her portraits, check out www.dezeen.com
