The Humanscale Freedom Chair Lowdown

May 30
09:33

2011

Graeme Knights

Graeme Knights

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What makes an office chair unique? What makes an office chair comfortable? What makes an office chair attractive? What makes an office chair ergonomically superior? What makes an office chair environmentally friendly?

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A chair that will give you top answers to all these questions is the Humanscale Freedom Chair. It is unique,The Humanscale Freedom Chair Lowdown Articles highly comfortable, very attractive, ergonomically superior and friendly to the environment. Designed by Niels Diffrient whose knowledge of engineering and architecture has been channeled into the design of this office chair has had many awards recognizing his outstanding ability. His focus has been on designing highly functional, ergonomically comfortable office equipment. But it doesn’t end there. The design of the Freedom Chair is also simple and attractive. Humanscale strives to produce a chair that will last a long time, with fewer parts, and that weighs less saving shipping costs.Simplicity of function allows this chair to perform beautifully with very little manual effort. It is simple to adjust seat height, seat depth, back height, arm height, and, where included, headrest height. Once the chair satisfies the person seated in it, it stays where you put it. The chair has a minimum of parts necessary to achieve this result. When you consider the resources necessary to manufacture a chair of this caliber, designing one that is simple and uses less raw material, less manufacturing effort, and less parts is environmentally friendly. The elements that make the chair attractive are also important. You may choose from a wide range of fabrics including Vellum and Wave which wear well or leather for its comfort and the fact that it is a renewable product. The metal used in the manufacture of this chair can be a choice of graphite, titanium or polished aluminum. The aluminum is 100% recycled aluminum, which saves both energy used and carbon dioxide emitted during the original production of virgin aluminum. Because the chair is easy to disassemble, recycling is easier when the chair is finally discarded. Users are important and testimonies reflect the feelings of people who have found this chair both functional and attractive. Some say it is functional, comfortable and stylish, that it is smart and sexy, that it is an ergonomic chair for the twenty-first century, that it has simple beauty, that it is exceptionally user friendly.A responsible design element of humanscale chairs are their sustainability. With fewer parts achieving the highest level of ergonomics, this chair can be instrumental in achieving LEED credits for any aspirant. Humanscale is committed to sustainability of its products without relinquishing functionality or style. It starts with the design and continues throughout the cycle up to and including disposal of the product after its lifetime is over.