New Office Chair Increases Health: TipTon by Vitra

Movement is vital for health.  Moving,  once every hour, increases physical resilience, and when coupled with mental, emotional and social resilience can add up to 10 healthier years to life to enjoy.

Ergonomic, Sustainable TipTon Chair by Vitra builds physical resilience and increases life span by aiding movement and posture.
Movement, at least once an hour, increases physical resilience and contributes to a healthier, happier life. The Tip Ton Chair by Vitra is a simple, sustainable ergonomic solution for the workplace, no matter where that is.

The Tip Ton by is a new chair ‘typology’ developed in Switzerland by Vitra and is helping make office work more ‘ergonomic’.  AVailable worldwide, you can find a dealer near you though this link.  Vitra Dealers

From Vitra’s Website:

Tip Ton defines a whole new chair typology: the solid plastic chair with forward-tilt action. Its name refers to the two types of sitting experiences that characterise the chair – from a normal position, Tip Ton can be tilted a few degrees forward where it then stays in place. The innovation behind this seemingly simple feature lies in the skids, which rise at a nine-degree angle. The forward-tilt sitting position, until now the preserve of mechanical office chairs, straightens the pelvis and spine and thus improves circulation to the abdominal and back muscles. Thanks to its striking appearance, Tip Ton is an outstanding dining table or home-office solution; it is also ideal for use in restaurants, conference and meeting spaces and educational institutions.

Ergonomics

In a 2010 study, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), one of the world’s leading universities of applied sciences, investigated the health-promoting attributes of a forward-leaning sitting position. The results confirm increased muscle activity in the abdominal and back areas, which improves oxygen supply to the body – and that in turn has a positive effect on concentration. Tip Ton makes all of this possible for the first time ever in the form of an economical and robust plastic chair, thereby opening up many new areas of use.

Sustainability

Tip Ton is made of polypropylene and is manufactured from a single mould without the use of mechanical components. This makes it extremely durable and up to 100% recyclable.

Options

Tip Ton is stackable up to four chairs high and comes in eight different colours.

About Vitra

Vitra is a furniture company dedicated to developing healthy, intelligent, inspiring and durable solutions for the office, the home and for public spaces.

Following in the tradition of Charles & Ray Eames, who have influenced Vitra’s approach to sustainability in many ways, product longevity is central to the company’s contribution to sustainable development; short-lived styling is avoided at all costs. This can be seen most clearly in the classical pieces of furniture that have been used for decades, had several owners and have then even ended up as a part of a collection.

“Sustainability is just like morals: one should live by them and not just talk about them. Our roots in modern design make the first step easy: we make products that avoid the superfluous and last for a very long time.”  Rolf Fehlbaum, Chairman of Vitra