Cybersyn. A remarkable blend of 1970s cybernetics, socialist planning, and sci-fi-looking design.
In this image is the hexagonal Operations Room (Opsroom) was intentionally futuristic and ergonomic:
Six-sided so everyone could see each other and the screens.
No desks or paper — everything was on large wall displays fed directly by the system.
Operators sat in white swivel chairs with built-in control buttons so they could call up charts, summaries, or alerts without leaving their seats.
The idea was to make decision-making fast, collaborative, and data-driven, long before dashboards were common.
Behind the scenes, the telex network (Cybernet) linked factories to a central IBM mainframe in Santiago, chile
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Would love to have one of these chairs, even a non working..