Posts tagged 'active seating'

For decades, workplace seating has been studied. What type of seating provides the greatest comfort? How can we reduce the long-term health detriments that come from spending all day sitting, or all day standing? These are important questions to address for on-site, hybrid, and remote workers, who all must operate in a healthy working environment to achieve the greatest health and personal productivity.

There have been many solutions explored, from ergonomic chairs to standing desks. Right in the center is active seating. Active seating provides the best of both worlds by addressing both fatigue and circulatory health in seating design. When putting together a business or at-home workplace, active seating is a valuable strategy.  

Innovation plays a crucial role in shaping the trajectory of education and the learning process for children. While many associate innovation primarily with the integration of digital technology into the classroom, it extends to the realm of classroom furniture as well. In addition to the advancements in technology and their impact on how children learn, there has been a noticeable and positive shift towards modernizing classroom furniture, gradually transforming the educational landscape.

A growing number of educators are adopting active classroom furniture or pursuing a hybrid approach by integrating traditional desks with flexible furniture options. This transformation aims to create a dynamic and engaging learning environment that caters to various learning styles, including kinesthetic learning.

Read on to discover more innovative classroom furniture solutions: 

Flexible and active seating has become more and more common throughout classrooms with benefits including increased productivity, motivation, and engagement among students. Teachers have found that once students became more accustomed to flexible and active seating -- which includes standing desks, video rockers, cafe-style stools, and bucket chairs -- behavioral issues improved almost immediately, and because students were more comfortable, they had a better attitude toward learning.