Agnieszka Bujas - Armchair supporting medical training

Medical training support

Furniture suporting senior with excercising at home

Graduation project, 2022

✦ Honourable mention in the ‘Best in Design 2024’ competition of the Zlin Design Week

✦ Nomination for the ‘Design 32’ Best Design Diplomas 2022 Review

The project is aimed at the elderly and the physically inactive. Exercises performed on the balancing seat of the chair are used to prevent diseases, reduce the inconveniences associated with aging and lack of exercise.

The seat, which is moved by a hidden mechanism, forces the user to change positions and work the various muscle parts. Exercises performed in this way can be an important part or even the basis of medical training developed by a specialist.

Transforming the seat for exercise achieves the best results, nullifying the risk of transferring force to the support of the arms and back. People who are weaker or unfamiliar with balancing on the seat can exercise with support.

The movement they perform will work differently, but will nevertheless counteract the passive posture adopted on a daily basis in the chair.

The furniture allows you to adjust the height of the armrests and cushions, and at the stage of purchase-seat height selection. Specified heights can be achieved with caps screwed onto the base legs of the chair. The option with rear wheels with a brake is a convenience for those who might have difficulty moving the furniture.

Exercise equipment makes it possible to carry out workouts ordered by rehabilitation therapists for the elderly, often performed behind the wobbly chairs they have at home. The furniture provides stability and creates a place in the home where seniors can get into the habit of performing regular workouts.

Support in getting up

Cane and crutches hang

Storing sport accessories

Settings control and video instructions

Exercising in the chair can be done, for example, while reading or talking with loved ones. The habit thus introduced will build in users positive associations with physical activity, and after time it may become an integral part of their daily life.