Many workers now use multiple devices like laptops, tablets and smartphones throughout the workday. Research teams from Steelcase have observed that this range of technologies has had an impact on the way we are sitting at work. How many of these new postures do you recognise?

1. The Draw
You „lean back“ in your chair while reading from a tablet.

2. The Multi-Device
You’re using your laptop and your phone at the same time.

3. The Text
You’re sitting at your desk, but you’re using your handheld device to read, email or text.

4. The Cocoon
This scrunched-body posture is usually reserved for reading (though it can be used for typing, as well). You lean back, pull up your legs, bend your knees, and draw your devices in close to your body.

5. The Swipe
You lean over to your desk, directly over a touchscreen device. This posture is pretty much exclusive to tablet/smartphone use.

6. The Smart Lean
A compromise between the lean-back posture of „The Draw“ and a more standard sitting style, this posture allows you to check your smartphone while also retaining a bit of privacy, when it comes to what’s on the screen. It’s especially popular during meetings.

7. The Trance
You’re absorbed in your work, leaning onto your table and towards your computer, with arms placed either side on a chair’s armrests or on your desk. This posture often involves slouching.

8. The „Take-It-In“
This might also be called the „all the way back“: You nearly recline in your chair and you’re reading your screen from a distance (this is also ideal for smartphone-based reading, email-checking, etc.).

9. The Strunch
This is „stretching out“ and „hunching“ at the same time: when you get tired, you may push your computer further away, compensating for the new screen angle by slouching down towards the desk. You then prop yourself up with your arms on the desk surfaces, and sometimes prop your chin up with your hand.

Remember, moving throughout the day is natural and moving while seated helps you to stay active while working. Remember to stay mindful and not to become too static. Move regularly and adjust your chair to support you – raise armrests and adjust the comfort dial for a range of recline postures as you move through the day to help you feel better at work and in general!

Many workers now use multiple devices like laptops, tablets and smartphones throughout the workday. Research teams from Steelcase have observed that this range of technologies has had an impact on the way we are sitting at work. How many of these new postures do you recognise?

1. The Draw
You „lean back“ in your chair while reading from a tablet.

2. The Multi-Device
You’re using your laptop and your phone at the same time.

3. The Text
You’re sitting at your desk, but you’re using your handheld device to read, email or text.

4. The Cocoon
This scrunched-body posture is usually reserved for reading (though it can be used for typing, as well). You lean back, pull up your legs, bend your knees, and draw your devices in close to your body.

5. The Swipe
You lean over to your desk, directly over a touchscreen device. This posture is pretty much exclusive to tablet/smartphone use.

6. The Smart Lean
A compromise between the lean-back posture of „The Draw“ and a more standard sitting style, this posture allows you to check your smartphone while also retaining a bit of privacy, when it comes to what’s on the screen. It’s especially popular during meetings.

7. The Trance
You’re absorbed in your work, leaning onto your table and towards your computer, with arms placed either side on a chair’s armrests or on your desk. This posture often involves slouching.

8. The „Take-It-In“
This might also be called the „all the way back“: You nearly recline in your chair and you’re reading your screen from a distance (this is also ideal for smartphone-based reading, email-checking, etc.).

9. The Strunch
This is „stretching out“ and „hunching“ at the same time: when you get tired, you may push your computer further away, compensating for the new screen angle by slouching down towards the desk. You then prop yourself up with your arms on the desk surfaces, and sometimes prop your chin up with your hand.

Remember, moving throughout the day is natural and moving while seated helps you to stay active while working. Remember to stay mindful and not to become too static. Move regularly and adjust your chair to support you – raise armrests and adjust the comfort dial for a range of recline postures as you move through the day to help you feel better at work and in general!