My vision is to improve the well being at workspaces
starting with improving the ergonomics at the office work space
To improve the ergonomics, we address the 3 ways we interact with the environment
Mechanical
Sensory
Behaviour
Starting with mechanical
our sitting posture and chair ergonomics
to fix the sitting posture
first we raise awareness of the correct sitting posture
provide solutions to existing infrastructure
design a better ecosystem
We were not designed to sit for long
Only in the last 50 years of our million year evolution, have we started to sit for more than 8 hours/day
design of work spaces and subject of ergonomics is very young and progressive
Problem, we are all quite aware of shrimp seating position
more than 20% of office workers have reported Lower back pain and cases of herniated disc is on the rise
thats because most of the furnitures we use in offices are designed for the common 50 percentile group and does not account for the individual differences
the objective is simple - just build a comfortable chair that can adapt to the individual to keep the most optimal posture.
the most optimal posture being the one which puts the least amount of stress on our body. That being we replicate the spinal posture of us standing/walking.
we achieve that by pushing our lumbar region forward and supporting the leaning thoracic region. And ofcourse by making the chair highly adjustable to suit the individual.
That solves the functionality of the design. In order to make a good design, it needs to have 3 things Purpose, function and accessibility.
In order to make it accessible it needs to easy to produce, relatively inexpensive, durable and available.