The FlexiStool was born one late night when future Out There president Jon Elmaleh was working on an assignment for RISD. He perched on a work stool, daydreaming about sailing, wondering why he couldn't bring that sense of calm motion to the act of sitting. Of course, he could--and the FlexiStool rocking stool was born. The stool rocks and spins on a gently domed base, encouraging active sitting and exercising the back muscles.

Handcrafted wooden versions of the stool are owned by musicians, craftsmen, writers, businessmen, and surgeons. A version with a hand-turned wooden base was selected for the Museum of Modern Art design store under the name Unistool. It was selected for the store, as an example of good design, by a participating architect in MoMA's exhibition The Un-Private House. The wooden version was sold through MoMA from 1999 through 2002, and the latest version, with a stamped-steel base, is currently available at Sam Flax, Inc. and other fine stores.

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