Fidget Furniture

Sammanfattning

This master thesis in wood oriented furniture design concerns concentration issues in the western classroom environment and how furniture can extend the users attention span while working on cognitive tasks. The concept of fidgeting and active sitting has been applied onto furniture to offer the user fidgeting activities while sitting. A range of prototypes have been tested on a target group age 8 - 12 and qualitative interviews were held with teaching personal. A single concept was then reworked and adapted to the needs of learning environments based on the gathered knowledge and the regulation EN 1729-1, Furniture- chairs , tables for educational usage, part 1. Result of this work is a seating furniture that allows the user to fidget while sitting and so help them to extend their attention span while working on cognitive tasks.