Interactive Design Furniture ‘Bean Rockers’ Seat

Posted by yellow on June 2, 2010 Furniture Design

Bean Rocker Seats is a furniture design series is an exploration in dynamic and flexible ways of inhabiting our spaces. The Bean Rocker seats ergonomic design and rocking ability help people of all sizes and ages sit in a healthier, interactive way. The Bean Rockers seats are adaptable to many body types and shapes with four different models. Bean Rockers seats can be used as meditation seats, aids for stretching and exercising, or for any low seating application in your home interior. Materials: FSC certified maple plywood finished with natural linseed oil, standard steel hardware, and each comes with a padded organic cotton cushion. The lightweight design of the bean rockers makes them easy to move, store, and use in a variety of applications. There have been various medical studies that have shown that sitting too long in the same position can lead to adverse health effects.

The bean rockers encourage shifting of posture and positions to help alleviate the stresses on the body caused by stagnancy in seating. Many show-goers at ICFF thought the bean rockers were for children as their size was relatively small when compared to other chairs present at the show. They are meant to encourage ease of breating, flexibility in seating, and a sense of balance. The chairs were a hit and labeled as a trend-setter in the NYTimes coverage of the show.

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