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Ballo: A Stool for Active Sitting

Inspired by the exercise ball, Don Chadwick designed Ballo, for Humanscale, to replace your old boring office chair. Ballo is a multipurpose stool that keeps you moving by encouraging low intensity physical activity. Similar to the exercise ball in that way, because there’s a rounded bottom, which means you must use your legs and core to stay upright.

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Both the top and the bottom are non-slip, dimpled air domes that are made from TPV (thermoplastic vulcanizate), which contains no PVCs. A concrete counterweight is incorporated into the bottom dome to keep the stool standing when you’re not sitting on it.

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At just 13.5 pounds, Ballo is super lightweight so you can move it around to where you need it.

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It’s available in 7 colors: Black, Red, Gray, Green, Sky Blue, Yellow, and Blue.

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Caroline Williamson is the former Editor-in-Chief of Design Milk and a writer with a passion for modern design, architecture, and creative culture. She holds a BFA in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) and can usually be found searching for vintage wares, solving New York Times crossword puzzles in pen, or curating Spotify playlists.