AWARD YEAR
2015
CATEGORY
Body
GOALS
Good Health & Well-being
KEYWORDS
mobility, health, technology
COUNTRY
Netherlands
DESIGNED BY
Govert Flint
in collaboration with Scapino Ballet & programmer Sami Sabik
WEBSITE
http://www.govertflint.com/SEGREGATION-OF-JOY
Segregation of Joy
The bionic chair inspired by ballet
Although our bodies are evolved to move, we tend to design our objects based on monofunctional use and posture. Technology is taking over more functions our bodies were used to execute, developing a useless body for tomorrow. Instead of using our body for productive life, we compensate the lack thereof with leisure activities. Moving our body becomes a choice, a lifestyle and therewith segregated.
By observing dancers of the Scapino Ballet Rotterdam, I found movements that positively relate with emotions. Full body movement correlates with happiness. The most static and dominant activity we have in daily life is sitting (behind the computer). To make this activity dynamic, I made an exo skeleton chair that allows the body to move freely.