Category Archive For "WELLBEING"
Feeling touchy about office design and the places we work
When it comes to how we think, behave and interact with other people, we may be affected more than we might assume by our sense of touch. According to a study by Simon Storey and Professor Lance Workman from the University of South Wales, people cooperate a lot better with each other when they’ve been …
Is salutogenic design the next big issue for the workplace?
A number of progressive workplace issues have crossed into mainstream thinking over the past few years, and perhaps none more so than biophilia. It is now a principle that has become an issue talked about in the mass media, as shown by a recent CNN interview with one of Europe’s leading proponents of biophilic design …
Why activity based working is an increasingly popular workplace solution
The language we use to describe work and workplaces evolves almost as quickly as the workplace itself. And if there is one term that encapsulates cutting edge workplace design thinking in this part of the 21st Century it is Activity Based Working (ABW). As with most of these ideas there is nothing magical, or even new …
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Active sitting in the workplace
The following is taken from an interview with Dr Dieter Breithecker, Director of the Bundesarbeitsgemeinschaft für Haltungs-und Bewegungsförderung e.V. (German Federal Association for the Promotion of Posture and Movement)
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Sensationally Ergonomic
A new task chair with the groundbreaking Similar-Swing concept The concept The new swing up chair system from Sedus is a direct descendant of the classic Federdreh chair which dates back to the 1920s. Research findings including work with the Department of Ergonomics at the Technical University of Munich have been applied to the new …
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Taking a stand on sitting down
Our wellbeing depends on constant movement We all sit far too much. Our habits and behaviours are shaped by the Digital Age in which we live. According to official data, more than 25 percent of the UK’s working population of 32 million people work predominantly in front of a screen and spend up to 8 …
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The role of Sedus in the creation of modern ergonomics
The roots of our 21st Century approach to ergonomics lie in a small town called Waldshut, which sits at the southern tip of the Black Forest, on the North bank of the Rhine where it forms a natural border between Germany and Switzerland. It was here ninety years ago that Sedus first introduced the world …
