MACARON
All the collected data from 166 people who sat on the Macaron cushion during the train ride was analyzed. When people sat on a regular seat without an active Macaron cushion, 37% mentioned they were in a positive mood (cheerful, happy, excited or lively). When people sat on the active Macaron cushion, the amount of people having a positive mood increased: 53% of the people mentioned they felt positive emotions on a Macaron. Particularly interesting is looking at the data of men, people between the age of 25 and 49 and frequent travelers.
At the start of the test 31% of the men were happy. When they sat on a Macaron moving cushion, 60% of all men reported being happy, cheerful, lively or excited. Although both men and women became happier on an active seat, the impact active sitting has on men seems larger.
Among frequent travelers 38% was cheerful, happy, lively or excited on a regular seat compared to 59% on an active Macaron cushion.
The largest difference between sitting on a normal seat and an active Macaron cushion was with people from both sexes of the age group 25 to 49. Only 22% of this group was cheerful, happy, lively or excited on a regular seat compared to 56% sitting on an active cushion.
Despite to what group you belong to, we see with our data sitting on active Macaron cushions increases the amount of people being cheerful, lively, happy or excited. When you take into account most people sit longer than 7 hours a day, active seating could have a huge impact on people their daily lives.