After walking in a forest, your stress hormones are lower compared with walking in a city. After sitting on a wooden stool, your office chair may seem much softer than after you’ve been sitting on a couch. These are examples of how the environment influences our behavior. Dr. Vink will use examples of ergonomic design considerations that have been used for projects done on car seats with BMW, on aircraft seats with Zodiac aerospace and on office seats with Ahrend to demonstrate the practical implications of this knowledge for the design and testing of ergonomic seating, and how ergonomic practitioners can implement these strategies in the workplace.