Hi ALL,

While thinking about a design for the competition, I happened to stumble upon an article on the health risks of sitting for long hours. Further investigation led to one scary article after another. Just googling the words - ' sitting long hours' brings up too many depressing articles.

So for this competition i decided to create something that encourages people to 'sit healthier ! '.

The main cause of health risks is that very large muscles in our legs (possibly the largest in the body) are often completely unused for hours together while sitting. Most people now-a-days end up sitting for 80% of the day (excluding sleep time). 

Here's my design .... Vita Seating.... a design which allows people to continue doing their work ... infront of a computer desk, reading, writing or even watching TV and also allowing them to keep blood circulating in their legs as well as hands...

The design allows users to use:

A folding cycling pedal

A manual treadmill while sitting and walking.

and A hand exercise system using tensioned ropes at the back of the chair. 

The design only aims to maintain a healthy flow of blood in all the muscles. It surely isn't going to help in muscle building.

In my design I have tried to showcase flow in the nervous system.

Hope you enjoyed the Vita way of seating :)

Thanks,

Rohan