Decathlon gave us the task to solve back pain, in order to allow people to practice their sport fully, without being hold back by the pain.
We were free with our approach, and we decided to tackle the problem as its source.
Better safe than sorry
Industrial design
3D modeling
3D animation
Prototype
4 months
2022
Decathlon Konbo, Intuitive muscle strengthening tool.
The disease of the century : Back pain
Back pain affects 80% of people worldwide at some point in their lives, making it one of the most common health issues of the modern era. It’s the leading cause of disability in adults under 45, with nearly 540 million people suffering from chronic back pain globally.
Main back conditions.
Most of theses conditions are due to a pression of the vertebrae on the intervertebral disks
Main causes.
Traumatic
Psychological
Inactivity
How the back work.
The first step was to understand how the back is working to understand the problem
The back is composed by 33 vertebrae supported by 40 muscles divided in 3 categories, superficial, intermediate and deep layers.
The main cause of pain is the lack of muscle support on the vertebrae, leading to an intervertebral disk compression
Sedentarily increasing with our modern lifestyle
How can we help young adult to anticipate back pain by offering them a fun and independent back muscle strengthening routine ?
to resist daily life constraints and allow them to practice their sports fully
Konbo is a versatile product, allowing the user to practice guided exercise to muscle up the back while avoiding any injury.
Prototyping.
Prototyping was key to understand the potential of the concept, finding the right size, and way of building it.
2022 Rendering.
User scenario.
Konbo, better safe than sorry
