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<\/a><\/p>\nUser feedback:\u00a0\u201cMy son\u00a0attends New Shoots. He is 4 and has\u00a0severe autism and Global Development Delay. He often needs time out and absolutely loves the\u00a0hideaway\u00a0chair. Every evening when I pick him up he is chilling in the\u00a0chair.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Aesthetically the chair needed to fit the New Shoots \u2018high design\u2019 brand but also appeal to children over anyone else. The chair\u2019s curving front profile gives it the visual softness required, while its faceted side profile makes it feel contemporary and unique.<\/p>\n As well as looking clearly natural and high quality, all materials used are extremely hard wearing to survive the harshness of a childcare environment.<\/p>\n To design this product, the designer company had to disregard everything they knew about ergonomics. In early stage research, they discovered evidence, which backed up our intuition that children do not sit the same way adults do. They noted that, when given the opportunity, children in the centers sit upside-down, side-ways, curled up in a ball, with their friends, by themselves, with a blanket, on their knees, on their backs… Just about every way they can sit, other than the up-right, straight-backed position that adult chairs force them into. They therefore concluded that the design required was not a scaled down version of a \u2018comforting\u2019 adult\u2019s chair, but a whole new approach to ergonomics and a feeling of comfort.<\/p>\n Hideaway is being used in New Shoots childcare facilities around New Zealand and is being developed for internal distribution in the near future.<\/p>\n \u00a0 Children’s clothing provided by Mavis and Osborn: <\/em>www.mavisandosborn.com<\/a><\/p>\n Manufacturing by: <\/em>www.starex.co.nz<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n