Wee! Active Work Desk by Simonas Palovis |
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| DESIGN NAME: Wee! PRIMARY FUNCTION: Active Work Desk INSPIRATION: Nowadays, our daily lives involve an unhealthy amount of sitting – children do it in schools, adults do it at work and both of them do it at home. Observing playgrounds is what inspired me – places, designed to keep children active. Then I took the idea of a swing – such a simple and fun attraction – and created an active workspace with an unusual combination of furniture. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: WEE! is an alternative work desk concept that merges a traditional work desk and a swing into a single piece of furniture. The idea behind the integrated swing seat is that the user can stay relatively active while working and does so in a fun way. What’s more, you get two pieces of furniture, a desk and a seat, as one. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The surface is made of two components: the desk and the seat. The seat can be pulled out of the desk. Under the seat are two hooks on each side that are held by magnets - these hooks can then be attached to the inner edges of the table. If you want to enter/exit the workspace, you only need to release one of the hooks PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in Febuary 2017 in Vilnius FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Furniture Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Surface is made from two pieces of CNC cut plywood, joined together by glue and screws. The legs of the table, made from 40 x 40 x 1.5 mm steel pipes, are connected to the bottom of desk by bolts, which allow for easy assembly of the furniture. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The desk is 1000 mm wide and 900 mm long. The height is 800 mm. TAGS: work, desk, swing, seat, table, active, furniture, sit RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Studies have shown that a person usually spends more than 10 hours a day sitting, which gradually leads to health risks such as back and shoulder pain, spine deformities, muscle and bone degeneration, ect. With constant leaps in technology and industry, our life-styles have become less and less physically demanding for our bodies, which is why we spend so much time sitting, even though it is not a natural resting position. This problem can even affect people, who are physically active after work – since 1-3 hours of exercise does not compensate for the much greater amount of time spent sitting. Sitting itself is not dangerous - but the amount of time we spend in a single pose does. Which is why the recently popular stand-up desks are not the best solution either, as spending all day standing can put a lot of physical strain on the body, while reducing focus and productivity. So my project was primarily based on increasing movement. CHALLENGE: The biggest challenge was testing out the swing - how would it be part of the desk, how would the user attach it to the desk, how comfortable would it be and mostly importantly - how much movement can it provide. ADDED DATE: 2017-07-11 15:42:25 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : IMAGE CREDITS: Simonas Palovis, 2017. |
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NAME: Vilnius Academy of Arts PROFILE: Vilnius Academy of Arts is the largest and oldest art university in the Baltic States, established in 1793 as an Architecture department at the Chief school of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania in Vilnius. At the end of the 19th century it was closed together with Vilnius University by the tsarist government, and then reopened in 1919. After the World War II Academy was merged with Kaunas Art Institute and since then was called The State Art Institute of the Soviet Socialist Republic of Lithuania. In 1990 the Academy regained its name of Vilnius Academy of Arts. |
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Wee! Active Work Desk by Simonas Palovis is Winner in Furniture Design Category, 2017 - 2018.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Simonas Palovis. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Simonas Palovis. |
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