Introducing the workout computer that packs a punch

FLEX THOSE BICEPS: You can give yourself a workout at the office with the N

"N°41 Workoutcomputer" combines a computer screen with a keyboard made of punch bags, blurring the boundaries between typing and boxing, transforming office work into a full-body experience.

The brainchild of Desiree Heiss and Ines Kaag of Bless design studio, the Workoutcomputer aims to provoke questions about the work/life balance of modern life which sees us "seated in front of a screen that, through its immobility, causes aches and pains that require an investment of time in exercise to remedy it".

The machine was debuted this month at the Istanbul Biennial, for public testing.