A product service system design for fitness activities based on active ageing a proposal of fitness for xishan style council

This paper is about a design proposal for the “Style Council” Xishan, Wuxi, China to offer a service which help the residents, especially the elders, to do fitness in a healthy and social interactive way. It aims not only to improve physical health but also to build up a friendly relationship among the neighbors. This service will be developed under the Active Ageing policy released by WHO (World Health Organization) followed by the. Chinese government too. Be- cause of this policy, many fitness spaces emerged and equipment was produced under the help of sponsors and “Sports Administration”2. Nowadays local government has the mission to integrate fitness resources including sponsors, fitness groups, coaches and temporary spaces to build up a fitness system which elders can easily join. But this top-down fitness system is not working well in many places. In this proposal, we analyze this integration work in Xishan with the aim to modify and improve it toward a lifestyle which bring both physical and psychological health to people. According to the Social innovation journey (Meroni. A, 2013) after having investigated the user’s needs, we design a service system which aims to offer multi- experienced fitness activities for elders and encourage sponsors to support this activity.