Herman Miller office chair excellence is only one small part of a much larger success story in office ergonomics
A Herman Miller office chair is perhaps one of the best example of what a
modern ergonomic office chair should be. These chairs have won
numerous awards over the years for outstanding design, comfort and
durability. However, becoming one of the most recognized office chair makers in the
world were decades in the making.
The beginning of what is now the science of
ergonomic office seating began in the 1970s'. Ergonomic chairs trace
their roots back to the Ergon chair first introduced by Herman Miller in 1976.
From there they went on to introduce a number of award winning chairs for design
and function such as the Aeron which was launched in the 1990s'. Building
ergonomic office chairs doesn't happen by accident and takes careful study of
the entire office environment.
What Herman Miller recognized early on is that an office chair cannot be
designed and built in isolation from the office environment around it. A basic
design philosophy is that form follows function and they have learned how to take
this to the highest level. That's why they have practically written the book on
workplace architecture and studied working patterns and productivity more than
almost any public or private entity.
In fact over the years many of Herman Miller's designers and researchers have been and continue to be the best of the best to the extent that
entire books have been written concerning their influence on and the shaping of
the fields of ergonomics and office design.
In all fairness there exists today many excellent quality office chairs from
many brand name makers that
you can choose from. But any serious maker of office chairs will always measure
themselves against the King of the office chair - Herman Miller.
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