‘ergonomic chairs’

Delicious Design Process: The Herman Miller Setu Chair from Studio 7.5

14 Oct, 2009 by in DESIGN

If there’s anything that cramps your daring sense of style, and your flaring lower back muscles it’s an inadequate office chair with absolutely hideous lines and a crushing lack of support.

To counter those effects, Herman Miller has launched another stylish chair. The Setu.

If you recall the Embody chair, you’ll know a lot went into the design. While the Setu comes in at less than half the price of the Embody, the amount of detailed ergonomic testing was no less. The team behind the design? Berlin-based Studio 7.5.

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Steelcase Leap Review: Sturdy and Dang Cushy Too

02 Apr, 2009 by in REVIEWS


Grab the nearest cardboard box and have a seat, we’re gonna take a look at a chair aimed at making you 17.8% more productive and your dwindling butt muscles more comfortable through those long hours of your busy computer-busting life.

Designing and Engineering, browsing and writing tend to take toll on our bipedal bodies. You’ve seen the guy hunched over the desk or leaning deformed against the armrest. Painful looking and not a good mood enhancer. There’s a reason all those people are smiling in the ergonomic chair marketing material… they’re forced beyond their will by comfort… and probably a guy off to the side slapping a mallet against his hand.

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