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Gymi Furniture – Multi-functional Furniture for all Ages

Having worked with children’s well-being for a couple of decades, Christina Nurmi, co-founder of Gymi and Head Designer of Gymi Furniture, has now designed a set of functional furniture and wants to bring natural movement to every home, school or kindergarden. Christina is known as the children’s gym instructor in Finnish TV (Pikku Kakkonen) and as the founder of Gymi Health Club for Kids and Teens. She has taught thousands of children and also worked as a gymnastics coach.

“I have always loved children and have been working passionately for the well-being of kids and teens for years. Since 2008 I have run my company Gymi Health Club for Kids and Teens where I get to guide young people into the wonderful world of learning new skills and getting motivated to move.

We have lost touch of the natural way to move and feel well. A child is born to move and learn new skills by repetition. If we let them, children learn new skills by just jumping, running, climbing, hanging, swinging and trying tricks. Our task as adults is to make the environment such that an active way of life is possible.

Now I want to bring the joy of motion into homes, kindergardens and schools as well. Gymi Furniture is a functional furniture set that enables you to continue your gym class at home or as a teacher use the methods of future school and functional learning. I want the furniture to last, and that is why it is made out of real wood.” Christina Nurmi, founder of Gymi and Head Designer of Gymi Furniture.

The story of Gymi Furniture began at the gym where you could never find good enough equipment to buy. In addition, the customers at the gym started asking for all kinds of gym equipment for their homes. Also, the children were playing Gymi at home. This must have been a sign! We had to begin designing and bringing Gymi Furniture into the places where children spent most of their time, that is homes, schools and other public spaces.

Gymi Furniture was made to motivate children to move naturally and learn skills in their own way, to activate the everyday life. We wanted the new furniture not only to be safe, long-lasting and practical but also beautiful. We found a skilled carpenter to make this all happen. Today, we have a Gymi Furniture set which includes beds and diffrerent sized boxes, wooden poles, ladders and planks.

As a counteraction to our disposable way of life we wanted the clear cut Gymi Furniture to last for generations and we wanted it to fit into any space. Gymi Furniture lives with you – every step of the way.

The Furniture Activates

The Furniture Activates – The Bed is a Place for Rest

The functional furniture activates your everyday life. By combining the different pieces of Gymi Furniture you can build versatile equipment for exercising – or for simply moving naturally. At the same time the pieces of furniture serve as a bed, a table, bench, a stool and a clothes rack – giving space for free play.

The high-quality Gymi Furniture enables natural movement in indoor spaces. When moving on parallel bars, planks and wallbars the children automatically or with little guidance move on all four limbs, on both hands and feet, doing bear walk or crab walk or just being monkeys. Doing tricks on bars and planks improves your sence of balance and body control. At the same time your self-confidence and self-esteem develop. By developing your balance skills you promote not only your health but also your cognitive learning. The furniture suits perfectly in a classroom for active learning.

We choose to manufacture in a sustainable way, making furniture that will last for decades. All paints and varnish used in the products are non-toxic and safe. The wooden furniture is made of birch. In addition to the wooden furniture, we also provide you with soft multifunctional modules such as mats, arches, stairs and cartwheel modules.

The set of wooden furniture consists of beds, wallbars, boxes, planks, ladders and poles which can be combined with each other in numerous ways.

Gymi Furniture won the public vote in “The  Finnish Sport Product of the Year 2016” and the “Best Product to Promote Health, Fitness and Sports in the Classroom” in GESS Dubai 2020.

Furniture for Public Places

Furniture for Public Places

Because of the high quality and versatility of the furniture, Gymi Furniture is a perfect fit for schools, kindergardens, and other public spaces. The different pieces of furniture can be combined with each other in lots of different ways and this is why the set-ups or combinations are endless. The planks can be used as low desks where the pupils sit on the floor  or on cushions (in natural positions), or as high desks where the pupils stand at the desk. The desk changes quickly into a balance beam, slide or a parkour obstacle whenever you want to have some movement in the classroom.

Our products can be used in classrooms as well as in corridors. Because the different pieces of Gymi Furniture function as gym equipment, they naturally fit also in private gyms. The furniture is designed to promote balance skill acquisition as well as focusing and learning in class.

The story of Gymi Furniture began at the gym where you could never find good enough equipment to buy. In addition, the customers at the gym started asking for all kinds of gym equipment for their homes. Also, the children were playing Gymi at home. This must have been a sign! We had to begin designing and bringing Gymi Furniture into the places where children spent most of their time, that is homes, schools and other public spaces.

In addition to the furniture, our Gymi Education Program is available for kindergardens and schools as well as afterschool activities. The program includes teacher training as well as ready class materials. You can find more information about Gymi Education Programs on this website.

Gymi Furniture won the public vote in “The  Finnish Sport Product of the Year 2016” and the “Best Product to Promote Health, Fitness and Sports in the Classroom” in GESS Dubai 2020.

You can find most of the different pieces of furniture in our shop. If you are designing a public space and want to find a furniture solution, we are happy to help you. Please contact us by e-mail: shop@gymi.fi

If you are interested in becoming a Gymi Furniture retailer, please contact us: shop@gymi.fi

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