Semi-standing posture stools close to standing posture to reduce strain on the lower back.

It is no secret that changing our posture throughout the day is essential to our wellbeing in the office. What’s more, adapting a posture that is appropriate for the task at hand helps relieve stress placed upon the body. Okamura recommends five postures for increased office productivity and efficiency. Among them is the perching posture, a perfect combination of standing and sitting, which is suitable for a standing meeting or a touchdown. Our perching stool, repiroue was brought to life with the intention of making the perching posture more accessible in the office environment.

Semi-standing posture, an intermediate posture between sitting and standing postures. Retention of the upper body and reduced strain on the legs and hips, less strain on the body and less fatigue. It is suitable for short meetings, as standing and sitting are quick and easy.

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Simple design that harmonizes with versatile spaces

The perching posture – recommended for increased office productivity and efficiency – is a combination of standing and sitting, suitable for standing meetings or touchdowns. The repiroue perching stool was designed to make the perching posture more accessible and widespread in the office environment.

Environmentally Friendly Design

Repiroue’ s shell, a design based on a simulated analys is of finite elements, bespeaks the outstanding efforts behind Okamura’s eco-conscious designs. Okamura’s product developers optimize the use of resources by minimizing the amounts of materials used without sacrificing the outstanding quality, strength, and safety of the products.

Recycled materials are used in steel and resin parts. These materials make up about 28% by product weight.

With easy disassembly and recycling always in mind, repiroue is designed so materials can be thoroughly separated into the same groups.

Resins
Polyamide resins is used to ensure recycling in the future. Resins recovered after use are reprocessed and reused by resin manufactures. Okamura is an active user of recycled resins for its products.

Aluminum
Recovered aluminum is processed into a recycled form by alloy manufacturers and later into aluminum. Energy consumption can be reduced by 97% by generating recycled metal from recovered aluminum rather than creating aluminum from its source material bauxite.

Steel
Steelmakers use recovered steel to produce new steel. Steelmaking with recovered steel consumes 75% less energy than steelmaking from iron ore.

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Adjust your posture to best suit the task at hand.

Introducing a new style of work posture

Until recent years, office workers had spent most of their time seated at their desks, but with increased recognition of height adjustable tables’ benefits, more and more office workers are starting to work on their feet. Our perching stool, repiroue is the perfect companion to height adjustable tables, with its easy height adjustment function, it can accommodate office workers of all body types.

Ideal Posture

1. Support Upper Body

Pelvic stability due to three-point support of both feet and sitting bones.

2. Less Strain on the Lower Back than Sitting

Because the seat is tilted forward, Pelvic angle close to the standing position, The S-curve of the spine is maintained.

3. Less Strain on the Legs than the Standing Position

Moderate weight distribution to the soles of the feet and the seat.

*Source : the University of Tokyo Hospital Joint research with Specially Appointed Associate Professor Hiroshi Matsudaira, 2015.