Putting fitness into furniture … …
Nowadays, exercise is as much a fitness activity as a lifestyle routine. Yet, most fitness equipment remains mechanical and brutal, jarring out of contemporary home interiors. Backflip was born out of the quest in answering this contradiction - putting the functions of fitness into a gracious piece of furniture.
One side is used like a normal chaise lounge, while flipping it 180 degrees unveils a fitness surface based on the Pilates Spine Corrector, where one can do a variety of core and stretching exercises, such as crunches, back extension etc. Through a simple maneuver, you can simply turn a furniture piece into fitness equipment!
As an exploratory concept piece, Backflip also hopes to introduce the notion of grace and beauty in fitness equipment. After all, those are often the goals of exercising for many people - so why aren’t the equipment themselves inspiring?
About the Designer
When it came to the time to select the course for university, KK shaded on the ‘industrial design’ oval even though he didn’t know what it was about. The brochure claimed it was a synergy of design, engineering and business - which seemed interesting enough for a creative generalist like him. And it was.
KK thinks of himself as a hybrid blend of the analytical and the creative. In a time where strategic design thinking is touted as the best thing since sliced bread, that might be quite useful indeed. He is currently an industrial designer in Orcadesign, a design consultancy in Singapore. In his free time, KK rummages, digs and sifts through all things intriguing, clever and curious online, and stow them in Gems Sty, a blog on design and other interesting tidbits. You can also find him at sunboar@gmail.com.
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where can i buy one of these? is there a pattern that i can purchase so as to reproduce this for myself? is this open source? or should i attempt a similar design. i do like these curves though. this is some gorgeous minimilist design.
Hi Pheadrus,
I’m afraid you can’t buy this - this was only a prototype (never went into production). Thanks though!