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In an effort to expand what we cover on Sleevage we will occasionally be posting about things over than music covers. Don’t worry this wont become the main focus just a light sprinkle of other content to mix it up. If you have suggestions on what we should cover (headphones will be next) or think it’s a terrible idea post in the comments.

First off we review the Sumo Omni bean bag. Perfect for flopping into when you come home and need to chill out with headphones on.

While it sounds like a wind up I’m actually a real bean bag connoisseur. In half my social network profiles I mention them and if my apartment was bigger I’d have more than just one.

The Sumo bag has been in the office for the last 3 months and I’ve been using it every time I jump on the Xbox, play some tunes and the occasional brainstorm session.

It’s also been a talking point which starts with “what the hell is that?” The thing with the Sumo is it doesn’t look like a bean bag. It’s just a giant sized square pillow. This has one negative and that is the beanbag has corners and with the material these can be sharp. Well as sharp as a beanbag can be. The shape does give the bean bag a much more stylish look than the usual shape.

The Charcoal green one we have is made from a PVC coated Nylon. The PVC initially felt very rough to me. I’m used to corduroy which is much softer. However the PVC is much easier to clean. My current beanbag is littered with stains and emptying it out and putting it into the washing machine is too much effort.

After using the sumo chair for a few weeks and then going home to my old bean bag I can really notice the difference. I much prefer the new chair mainly for the more firm seating position.

If only I looked as sexy as the model in the photo.

Sumo also sell a Gamer Sac and a huge Gigantor sac that unless you own a mansion will probably take up your entire apartment.

The sumo Omni is now available in Australia so you can have one of these bad boys in your home or office in 2-3 days. I’d say as an office chair it’s not the best solution but for a brainstorm fun chair in meeting rooms it’s a nice addition to the room. I’ll also be looking to move this bean bag into my place and retire my old one to my room.

Disclaimer: We were sent the Sumo Bean Bag to our office for free with no obligation to post anything. Also Ash also loves beanbags.

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Music Lifestyle: Sumo Omni Bean Bag

lounge.jpg

In an effort to expand what we cover on Sleevage we will occasionally be posting about things over than music covers. Don’t worry this wont become the main focus just a light sprinkle of other content to mix it up. If you have suggestions on what we should cover (headphones will be next) or think it’s a terrible idea post in the comments.

First off we review the Sumo Omni bean bag. Perfect for flopping into when you come home and need to chill out with headphones on.

While it sounds like a wind up I’m actually a real bean bag connoisseur. In half my social network profiles I mention them and if my apartment was bigger I’d have more than just one.

The Sumo bag has been in the office for the last 3 months and I’ve been using it every time I jump on the Xbox, play some tunes and the occasional brainstorm session.

It’s also been a talking point which starts with “what the hell is that?” The thing with the Sumo is it doesn’t look like a bean bag. It’s just a giant sized square pillow. This has one negative and that is the beanbag has corners and with the material these can be sharp. Well as sharp as a beanbag can be. The shape does give the bean bag a much more stylish look than the usual shape.

The Charcoal green one we have is made from a PVC coated Nylon. The PVC initially felt very rough to me. I’m used to corduroy which is much softer. However the PVC is much easier to clean. My current beanbag is littered with stains and emptying it out and putting it into the washing machine is too much effort.

After using the sumo chair for a few weeks and then going home to my old bean bag I can really notice the difference. I much prefer the new chair mainly for the more firm seating position.

If only I looked as sexy as the model in the photo.

Sumo also sell a Gamer Sac and a huge Gigantor sac that unless you own a mansion will probably take up your entire apartment.

The sumo Omni is now available in Australia so you can have one of these bad boys in your home or office in 2-3 days. I’d say as an office chair it’s not the best solution but for a brainstorm fun chair in meeting rooms it’s a nice addition to the room. I’ll also be looking to move this bean bag into my place and retire my old one to my room.

Disclaimer: We were sent the Sumo Bean Bag to our office for free with no obligation to post anything. Also Ash also loves beanbags.

Posted by Ash on 5 July, 2009
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  • daniel
    maybe you could mention exactly where to buy this wonderful piece of design, otherwise it won't look like advertising ;-)
    Just a bit satirical, don't mean it bad
  • Lev
    I love "Sleevage" because is a monothematic blog!
  • It's a trial and it wont be 50/50 it's be 10/90 with the focus on music/design
  • charlotte
    I LOVE your website because it is the only blog I can find that up until today dealt exclusively with album art or anything related to album art. I'm not too keen on this new Musical Lifestyle posts, it looks too much like advertising (a 150$ dollar bean bag chair?...c'mon...) I wish you could stick with the album art review, that's what the site is REALLY good at, and that's what the site has always been about.
  • thanks Charlotte seems you are in the same boat as others
  • Toxo
    I know of many that love your blog b/c of the focused content. Don't dilute the goods.
  • Tor
    This is paid advertising. With no disclaimer?
  • Note: I was not paid for the post
  • Dan
    Were you given a free bean bag? Or encouraged to review it by a PR person?
  • Dan
    PS. Excuse my bluntness - but like most of the other commenters, i'm a fan of the blog, i think it's great what you do here, and this sort of post really dilutes that.

    It smacks of PR. The sort of thing you'd write because you were given a free bean bag. Whether or not that's the case, even the appearance of that tarnishes the good sleevage reputation.

    You should be proud that people react strongly against it - it shows you've been doing the right thing all along and people are passionate about it.
  • I am proud people react so strongly just need to work out how to maintain the blog while earning a little cash to pay for albums....
  • Dan
    I reckon plain old advertising is a better model rather than changing the editorial content of the blog.

    Stick some ads in the sidebar. Sell off the banner. I don't think people would begrudge you for that.
  • Dan
    Weird. I thought this was a blog about album art, not PR for a bean bag.
  • •
    Everything is getting contaminated with advertisements... and now one of the best blogs around..... how much did you get paid for this? otherwise why would you do free advertisement,.... is this bean bag that good?....... best thing you can do is erase this post and pretend it never happened... love your blog... please don't change it for something like this...
  • it makes me happy that peopel like yourselves support the blog. We're trialing this kind of stuff and as we said if no one likes we'll kill it.
  • Nicholas
    BLOG FAIL.
  • I have no comeback for this
  • Michael
    I would have to agree with the other posters, that the best feature of this site is that it deals soley with iconic, beautifully designed and memorable album art.

    I also do like sites and features on iconic design, but I think it would be better applied as a seperate blog - maybe (designage!) - where if there is some elemental crossover between the artistic design of a record sleeve and other design influences, then it can be linked here to the other design blog. This wouldn't confuse the subject materials and to incorporate both under one heading is a bit of a misnomer.

    That's my two pence, if you do go down the road of seperate blogs, I'll bookmark them both.
  • I agree with the others. Love the sleeve reviews, but I think it's sad.
    Why change such a strong blog...
  • It seems you have some die hard fans. Which is more than understandable. Perhaps the best solution for you is go with Michaels suggestion and create a second blog. I'd bookmark that too myself!
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