Ergonomics

What is ergonomics?
Ergonomics is the study of humans in relation to their environment. This can be a product, space or workplace. Ergonomics is everywhere and anywhere in our daily lives, but is mostly know in work situation. The word is derived from ‘ergon’ (work) and ‘nomos’ (law) en must ensure the safety and health of employees. When designing consumer goods and interiors comfort and effective operations are most important. (Source: Wikipedia)

What do you have to do with it?
From the text above you can see that pretty much every product in you live is part of (your) ergonomics.

What do we think about it?
The team behind Dynamup all have their own stories why they value ergonomics highly. Due to physical circumstances we needed to think about what’s better for our bodies. What kind of effects do our daily lives have on or bodies and how can we improve that?

Sitting
We sit too much. Way too much. Apart from the painful necessity as one of our testers has, sitting increases the risk of cancer, heart failure, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. This animation shows a basic explanation why a sedentary lifestyle is bad.

Standing up!
So people think standing is the best option. When standing for a longer period of time (more than 1 hour) the muscles in your legs won’t be able to get the blood to your heart. Besides problems with blood circulation employees with a standing profession have noticeably often problems with their backs, hips, knees and feet.

Dynamic work!
What is the solution? Change! Work dynamic. Sit a couple of hours a day, stand a couple of hours a day. Divide in blocks of different lengths. And for that you will need the perfect solution!

Not the perfect solution                  Made and designed in The Netherlands

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