운동가구 사례조사를 통한 노쇠 예방 가구 디자인 제안

Abstract

Background As we enter the era of ageing population, there is an increased interest in health. Aging is now recognized as a disease. Research on aging is on-going, and preventative measures for aging are urgently needed. The most effective way to prevent and treat aging is through muscle strengthening exercise. However, there is still a lack of proper programs or preparations. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to understand and realize what conditions are needed to design furniture that will easily help one to move muscles more easily and steadily in a daily life. Methods properly understand the definition of aging. Among them, study on the muscle exercise that will most effectively prevent aging, and analyze the exercise methods and effects that are most needed. Lastly, investigate and analyze on the exercise furniture design in order to develop and propose what methods are needed. Result Based on the survey and analysis of outdoor exercise equipments, which were easily found in parks or outdoor facilities and were easily recommended for the elderly population, the equipments were divided into upper and lower body and whole body exercises. We were able to compare the muscles used for each equipment in real life. Among them, we recognized the characteristics of the equipment that were for whole body exercise. We arranged shape, effect, advantages, disadvantages, and characteristics of the exercise, and proposed the future direction of the furniture design to prevent aging. Conclusion Furniture is used everyday and is deeply in part of our space. That is why analyzing each lifestyle pattern and space, and choosing necessary furnitures is so important to development of a furniture that will strengthen muscle in daily life for each activities. Therefore, it is necessary to continuously develop exercise furniture through analysis of users’ needs and lifestyle. Furthermore, it is expected to see development in design that will suggest new ways for smart health function in exercise furniture and that will correspond to the user’s requirements.