Comments on: High-atop My PoeTree

By: PoeTree by Frederic Battle | New Digital Architecture Magazine on Architecture and Interior

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:57:48 +0000

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By: ignorance is ignorance, not bliss

ignorance is ignorance, not bliss — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:47:33 +0000

Dude is is my dream to go up a tree while wildly wielding a chainsaw.

By: lurino

lurino — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 07:54:56 +0000

…over glorified hammock…

By: Sam, Wisconsin

Sam, Wisconsin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:58:44 +0000

A hammock?

By: PoeTree By Frédéric Battle « DesignZen

PoeTree By Frédéric Battle « DesignZen — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:08:19 +0000

[...] PoeTree concept chair by designer Frédéric Battle, a chair that can be suspended on any tree using a cables and pulley system. The contraption has a 3-point seat belt and nothing on the system harms the tree in any way. [...]

By: TH

TH — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:36:24 +0000

So it’s a hanging chair on steroids. And it has a three-point seatbelt. Safety goggles and the crash helmet are optional extras?

You’d need a tree with a strong enough branch to hold the weight of you and the chair – plus, you need clear space below that branch so that the chair can move up and down. And if you then want to do all this without harming the tree, you’re in most cases stuck with the lowest branch – and so the whole expensive and cumbersome pulley system is pretty useless.

I can see the idea behind this and as someone who climbed a lot of trees as a kid can appreciate the sense of serenity that even a little height can bring, but I think the potential for this is very narrow – in most cases a “normal” hanging chair would be superior.

Also, where do I put my book, iPod and the bag of candy in this?

By: carl

carl — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:10:50 +0000

and then doubles up as a bird bath…!

By: A Whole New Level of “Kick-Back”

A Whole New Level of “Kick-Back” — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 04:25:28 +0000

[...] pulley system that can hull you up so you can relax and watch the world shrink beneath your feet. [Yanko] if (typeof(gnm_ord)==’undefined’) gnm_ord=Math.random()*10000000000000000; if [...]

By: Chair Blog

Chair Blog — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 03:28:10 +0000

[...] Designer FrÃ©dÃ©ric Battle (awesome last name) wants us to slow down and enjoy life. His PoeTree concept is a chair you suspend on your favorite tree – the taller the better – and utilizes a system of cables and pulleys to hull you up slowly. The contraption has a 3-point seat belt and nothing on the system harms the tree in any way, unless you plan on going up wildly swinging a chainsaw. "PoeTree" – Chair you Suspend on your Tree by FrÃ©dÃ©ric Battle &A… [...]

By: Lim

Lim — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:57:23 +0000

Hey… i tought it was a racing car’s seat over there haha….. I got feeling i will be catapult…