Brighton University graduate Laila Laurel has designed a chair that prevents people from "manspreading", as part of a project that aims to offer solutions to sexist issues experienced by women.
Laurel's pair of chairs, titled A Solution for Man-Spreading, were created as a tongue-in-cheek response to both hers and other womens' day-to-day experiences of "manspreading".
"I think humour is a really interesting tool in order to tackle social issues," she told Dezeen.

Manspreading is defined as the practice of people, typically men, sitting on public transport with their legs wide apart, encroaching on other peoples' seats.
Laurel designed two chairs in a bid to create a physical representation of this "frustrating" everyday issue. One chair is for the "woman" ? or for the person identifying as the woman ? and encourages them to sit with their legs parted to take up more space, and one is for the "man" in the scenario, which forces them to sit with their legs together.
She used sycamore and cherry wood to make the chairs, designing them to mirror each other in shape to create visual continuity between the pair.

"I think encouraging women to consider the way in which they move through the world or the space they take up in relation to men is powerful, because it is such an intrinsic and huge issue, and yet one that is not always considered," explained Laurel.
"I think men have a tendency to command spac...