Columbus Day Weekend is almost upon us, and I think we’re all looking forward to the 3-day holiday. Just in time, there’s a new post up at our sister blog, Sit Correct, on the application of ergonomics in the workplace. Slouchers beware!
Enjoy the last of the sunny weather for the fall!
There are a lot of neat chairs in the world, especially of the ergonomic variety. Some of the “bendiest” chairs aren’t available in the US, like the Lay Flat Chair, which allows you to stretch out for a nap at your desk — but is only for sale in Japan. That’s why I’m so pleased that we are now carrying SmartMotion Technology’s SwingChair at SeatingZone.
Available in two different styles (the second pictured comes with a headrest, a thicker cushion, and a chrome base), the SwingChair is thusly named because it moves with you — if you lean forward, the chair supports you in doing so; if you relax back, so does the chair. While the SwingChair isn’t sentient (as far as I know), it does make a pretty good show of being sentient by responding instantly and automatically to your position without the need for knob-fiddling. Once we get one of these babies here at the ranch, I’ll hit up the blog with a bona fide review of its coolness. I’m sure it’s gonna have oodles.
This isn’t a new item, but it’s been awhile since I’ve mentioned our friends at Varier. Whenever people call up asking for a kneeling chair, it’s inevitably their classic Variable Balans (or Wing Chair) that I suggest. But they also have a very special model that’s more than just a kneeling chair: the Gravity Balans.
We have one of these in our showroom right now (it looks exactly like the model in the video!), and at a very good price. This beautiful chair draws comments from everyone — impressive to behold, it also tilts forward and backwards into four distinct positions, even a kneeling chair! And don’t be afraid to take your feet off the ground, because the floating sensation is very relaxing.
You asked, we listened – SeatingZone.com is now a proud GSA-approved contractor! We are an authorized reseller for a number of GSA-approved brands of office furniture, including the ever-popular HON Company.
For complete info on this program, be sure to check out all the info over on SeatingZone.com. If you’re ever surfing the front of our site and you need to find it easily, there’s a tab at the top and a link at the bottom (under Terms & Policies). Happy shopping!
“What do you have for a really tall desk?” You might be surprised how often we receive that query here at SeatingZone. Folks who work at receptionist centers, counters, or in special workstations are all in need of the same thing: seating that goes above and beyond your average office chair, literally!
Here’s one task stool, the Seating Inc. Zircon II. Crazily customizable, with a zillion options and even more fabric choices, it’s rated up to 275 lbs. and protected under a lifetime warranty.
The Zircon II is one of many awesome Seating Inc. chairs we carry, most of them designed for intensive or specialty use or with a high weight rating. The whole line is worth checking out if this is the sort of chair that meets your needs, and chances are, Seating Inc. has a chair that will…whether or not you need it to reach that super-high counter.
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Sometimes you need a really big chair. Whether it’s due to LCS (Large Chair Syndrome) as depicted in this cartoon, or because you really need something substantial and sturdy, SeatingZone’s got the line for you: ERA Products. Makers of fine big & tall chairs, ERA is famous for creating custom seating in luxury vans and the like. It’s this attention to quality and detail they bring to their office chairs, all of which feature a steel frame! But seriously, don’t just take my word for it: this video shows you the insides of an ERA chair as well as the outs, and it’s built like a machine!
To illustrate:
Sturdy on the inside….
…still purdy on the outside!
As you may or may not know, November is National Novel Writing Month. Some of us crazy enough to say goodbye to our sleep and our sanity for 30 days have gleefully taken up this popular annual challenge of trying to pound out a 50,000 word novel over the course of a mere month. That’s about how many words The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald runs (though it probably took him longer than a month to write).
Sitting in the right chair is crucial to anyone with writerly aspirations, as I’m sure F. Scott knew. (He must have – there he is, sitting in one!) Do you have a perfect novel-writing chair? Write in to areia at seatingzone dot com and tell us all about it! I’ve already asked one NaNoWriMo participant which SeatingZone chair she’d like to do her writing in, and she chose this classic and very affordable Basyx leather mid-back office chair with wood frame, proving that you don’t need a throne to start writing your masterpiece.
Want a gorgeous Humanscale chair of your very own, but think they’re out of your range? You’re in luck. Email or call us at SeatingZone for the lowest prices – guaranteed! Things are starting to look very affordable indeed.
Doing a Google image search for the generic term “lifeform” comes up with some pretty scary pictures (mainly of hideous alien artefacts, both “real” and imagined), so I’m afraid I won’t be including them to liven up this post at all. Fortunately for me, the Lifeform relevant to SeatingZone’s interest is a little less creepy: Lifeform Chairs!
Customers have been asking us about Lifeform for awhile, and with good reason. The company has a manufacturing history going back generations and maintains their high standards to this day. I like how their Mission Statement puts it:
…Sit back, close your eyes and experience the excellence of five generations of furniture manufacturing; taking the craft back to a small town in Europe. To a time when a shopkeeper was just as proud of keeping the sidewalk out front of his shop clean as the quality and workmanship of his product. At LIFEFORM, we believe that the right furniture is essential to your well being whether at work or at leisure. Our mission is to bring to the marketplace the best quality products, using our generations of knowledge and craftsmanship. We hope you enjoy your furniture as much as our family has enjoyed making it.
Through our past, we manufacture the quality to take us into the future…
So other than high standards and a great history, what makes Lifeform special? Their chairs are all completely customizable! Beginning with one of four models, you can then go on to choose cover type (including genuine leather), additional upgrades such as head rests, and even a color that can be based on a specific photo that you provide. The end result is highly personalized, awesome quality, ergonomically correct seating!
Stay tuned to SeatingZone.com for Lifeform chairs! Between these and Humanscale, we’re really going all out with the options lately. Perfect chairs, here we come…
Very soon, SeatingZone will be a proud reseller of Humanscale office chairs. Already reknown in these parts for their dynamic accessories, we’re very excited to be offering up their beautiful and functional seating solutions. We’re most excited about their newest design, the soon-to-be-released Diffrient World Chair. Winner of the prestigious Red Dot Award, this chair beat out over 4,200 entries from 57 different countries to take home the sought-after German design prize.
Designed by Niels Diffrient, “the grandaddy of the ergonomic revolution,” Humanscale’s World chair weighs a mere 25 pounds while boasting the capacity to support everyone from 100 to 300 pounds. It bears the distinction of having only eight primary parts – far fewer than most traditional task chairs. It features tri-panel mesh that takes on the shape of the back, an all mesh seat with no bar to interfere with circulation, and a highly environmentally friendly manufacturing profile.
But the Diffrient World’s real innovation is its built-in, automatic adjustment mechanism. Designed with the laws of physics, gravity, and body weight in mind, the chair slides into place depending on the user. No external knobs, twists, or doodads necessary!
Take a look at this video to see not only the mechanism in action, but all the other great features of this beautifully simple task chair. I hope to test one of these out for myself very soon, so perhaps you’ll see a true review on this blog one of these days!
