This looks impossibly uncomfortable though. The backrest looks like it's pushing you off the seat and the chairs legs look like they'd pin in your own. No thanks!!

Yup, that wins in simplicity, but a deckchair is almost as simple, and is a lot more comfortable

This should be the top response tbh.

Indeed, looks super uncomfy.

And yeah, I helped a friend who's a furniture designer [1] for a few years.

After a while, when you 'beta test' pieces in development a lot, you understand that looks are great but comfort always wins.

[1] https://www.saschaulber.com/works/

In my mind, the chair is meant to deform some, such that the curved seat gives a bit. But that might just be in my mind

If it doesn’t give you Saturday night palsy it isn’t a chair

Leather would not provide the tension needed for this. You'd need a core maybe of something else.

A lot of other modern furniture looks like it was just the default in CAD. Ie completely rectangular arm rests with sharp edges etc. I get that a car like Ford Sierra looked featureless and too simple in its time, I guess it seemed like lazy design. Where were all the trims and grilles and fenders and in general the "borders between things"? But I think it didn't hurt its usability.

I came here to post the same thing, this is the only thing that matters.

"I want to see it work on a person. I want to see a negative before I provide you with a positive."

- Tyrell, Blade Runner 1982

Also, depending on how flexible the material is, it looks like those screws might scratch the floor on which the chair sits?

And, unfortunately, strain in the wrong direction, as the bottom plate will want to flatten out. It doesn't look like this chair will last more than a few days before dropping you on the screws.