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MANDATORY CREDIT: Benoit Malta/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Benoit Malta's design the Inactivity chair. Mandatory Credit: Photo by Benoit Malta/REX (4204674f) Inactivite - part I - The inactivity chair was designed by Benoit Malta Bearable Discomfort: The Inactivity Chair Will Improve Your Posture Many of us are stationary throughout most of the day, whether we are sitting at our work desks, watching TV or playing on our new iPad, it is easy to go 24 hours without much movement. French designer Benoit Malta has come up with a solution. He wanted to create a 'bearable discomfort' for our well-being, the Inactivity chair proposes a new way for us to sit, while simultaneoulsy being active. The chair is built on only two legs, meaning that you have to stimulate your body if you want to keep your balance. Benoit believes that this bearable discomfort permits us to adopt our best posture on the chair. While sitting on the chair you will have to concentrate to find balance, and use your leg and core muscles to keep your balance, otherwise you might find yourself on the floor. Some might find the chair uncomfortable, however it will certainly improve your posture. The Paris-based designer, says: "My aim is not to propose sports equipment for the house but to engage the body differently in everyday life. "Inactivity seems to be one of the new diseases of today. Our ways of living have evolved, and our bodies are less and less active. The evolution of technologies influenced these behaviours, the human being gradually break away of many tasks which force to do." As a result, many of us are moving our bodies less and less. "Through this project, my approach tends to modify our home space perception by shaking up the codes and habits that have been naturally established for years." It is recommended that we should be engage in sport or be active for... For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/BVWLKEZH