12 Dec 2012 9 am eastern

Design Problem

Golden Tulip hotel, Leiden Centre, Schipholweb 3, The Netherlands

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17 Responses to “Design Problem”

  1. Miloš said on 12 December 2012 at 9:06 am:

    Kinda hard to get to the scotch.

  2. Lucas Dechow said on 12 December 2012 at 9:08 am:

    You could always try to jump into the chair from the bed.

  3. Chris OBrien said on 12 December 2012 at 9:24 am:

    Potential solutions:
    -Chair with no sides/arms
    -Standing Desk
    -Stool (could also nest with round end table in background)

  4. Steve Schrab said on 12 December 2012 at 10:05 am:

    Another solution:
    -Elaborate hoist and pulley system.

  5. Art Duszynski said on 12 December 2012 at 10:18 am:

    Option 4: Only rent room to 2-dimensional people

  6. Paul Christian said on 12 December 2012 at 10:57 am:

    Sadly this is in my country :S, I feel shame :D…. Sorry on behalf of the other Dutch Designers who do have sense (and taste :P) Jeffrey. Form Follows Function is a good saying because of situations like this…

  7. Andrew said on 12 December 2012 at 11:04 am:

    Clearly you are expected to sit at a 30-degree angle to the desk, or stand on the bed and then lower yourself into the chair (in which case, lifting yourself back out of the chair could count as your exercise for the day!)

  8. Michael Zajac said on 12 December 2012 at 11:16 am:

    It was often like this travelling in the far east, except the table tops had a deep edge, so your legs wouldn’t fit under them either.

  9. Rogier said on 12 December 2012 at 12:22 pm:

    Serves you right for staying in an airport hotel ;) trains in to center Amsterdam only take 10m or so

  10. Bo Duke said on 12 December 2012 at 12:27 pm:

    Shoot, that’s how I always got in the General Lee!

  11. Ana said on 12 December 2012 at 12:50 pm:

    I’d actually be delighted and end up jumping over the chair non stop. Just for the fun of it…

  12. Robin Smail said on 12 December 2012 at 1:18 pm:

    Loved the Murphy’s Law Twitter comment noting how ironic it was that a Murphy bed would rectify the situation. I also spy your fitbit, and it makes me happy.

  13. Ollie Wells said on 12 December 2012 at 2:37 pm:

    Or sleep eat etc in the chair. For ever.

  14. Jeffrey Zeldman said on 12 December 2012 at 11:22 pm:

    Rogier: I am not in an airport hotel, sir; I am in a nice business hotel in the heart of Leiden, the city I am visiting. But of course you are jesting in any case. A design problem is never the user’s fault.

  15. Ben said on 13 December 2012 at 3:15 pm:

    I had the exact same problem and asked at the front desk for a hot fix… and they gave me an office chair with wheels which worked quite well for the three nights in Leiden.

    Thanks for coming to Europe!

  16. Dave Linabury said on 19 December 2012 at 9:23 am:

    Every item in this room was perfectly designed in separate facilities, each with its own usability, comfort and stress tests. This must be a case of user error.

  17. Ron Cooper said on 27 December 2012 at 8:43 am:

    same here at Hampton Inn suites in NY on visit from Ca! Chairs wedged between couch and desk,wall, bed. See attached pic…

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