Recently Herman Miller sent PSFK one of their new Setu Chairs to try out. The Setu was designed by Berlin based Studio 7.5 who observed that technology has fundamentally altered the way we work.
Read more...September 28, 2009
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Herman Miller’s Setu: By the Spine, for the Spine
Much like the ear-inspired radio chip we mentioned last week, Herman Miller’s new Setu chair defers to human physiology for expertise and inspiration. Designed by Studio 7.5, the chair is an answer to uncomfortable seating that pushes the human body into uncomfortable, unnatural, and ultimately unhealthy positions. The design team wanted to create a seat that would suit both temporary and long term uses—a chair for those who need to plop down for only a bit while they check their email, or for office employees who will be seated for hours on end. At the same time, they wanted a [...]
Read more...March 5, 2009
Herman Miller’s Embody Chair: Fully Considered Furniture
Herman Miller has one upped its own much-loved Aeron with the Embody, its most fully considered chair yet. Along with being 95% recyclable, the chair integrates several health and comfort promoting features (like a 52-piece lumbar support system) that change the way we think about cubicle furniture.
We talked to Jeff Weber, the lead designer for Embody, about the inspiration behind the future-forward chair.
Having a design icon in the product line like the Aeron chair, what motivated the addition of another new chair? New production methods? Different price point? Better functionality?
We were asked by Don Goeman (Exec. VP of [...]
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