The concept

What

An individual will become aware of its posture and sedentary lifestyle through persuasive technology as soon as they come in contact with the concept Get off of Me. Within this concept The Object can be seen as an experimentation for teaching purposes since the individual will feel pain which they are causing to themselves by taking place on it. Therefore, they will get up of The Object and move again. The concept is not about The Object itself, but the movement one will make once they experience The Object.

Why

Based upon social trend research, the concept is all about teaching the (future) youth that they need to do something about their sedentary lifestyles, and get off of their seating furniture items. Today’s youth is experiencing a lot of pain due to their current work lifestyles while using screens, such as laptops and phones. Generation Alpha (born between 2010 and 2025) is the first generation who grew up while using such screens, therefore if nothing changes they will feel the same pain as today’s youth is experiencing now.

How

With the help of persuasive technology, an individual will be told that The Object will mentality charge them. The Object itself is made out of (e-)waste materials which contain old power plugs. The abstract function of the power plugs is about charging your mental health, yet the power plugs are positioned in a particular way that it will cause discomfort which will lead them to moving instead of sitting down.