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A Work Chair Solution
High-performance, long-term seating in three sizes with a full complement of
adjustments and innovative suspension; for computer work, general office work,
and casual or formal meetings. |
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Named "Design of the Decade" by the
Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)
and Business Week magazine. |
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Ergonomic Support
The PostureFit difference. This next-generation breakthrough provides
natural, custom-fitted lower-back support below the beltline for healthier
posture and outstanding lower-back comfort.
High back. All three chair sizes have a high and wide contoured back that takes
weight off the lower spine.
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PostureFit is a research-driven ergonomic solution that can be
used instead of lumbar support for a healthier posture and enhanced
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Easy on the arms. Wide, soft armrests are
sloped in the front.
Waterfall front edge. Reduces pressure under the thighs so circulation
isn't restricted.
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Aeron chairs are available with many new Pellicle and finish
options; this chair features Pellicle Tuxedo with a Polished Aluminum finish. |
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Comfortable Suspension
Healthful support. The strong Pellicle suspension system distributes
weight evenly over the seat and back.
Form-fitting. The Pellicle conforms to each person's shape and minimizes
pressure.
Aeration. Since air can pass through the Pellicle, the sitter stays cool and
comfortable.
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These Aeron chairs feature Pellicle Waves
with the Titanium finish and Smoke frames.
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Natural Tilt
Smooth ride. The Kinemat tilt lets people move naturally and effortlessly,
from forward-leaning through reclining.
In sync. The backrest and seat pan move in proper relation for correct
support in all positions.
Responsive. Whether the user is in motion or at rest, the chair spontaneously
supports the preferred posture.
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Aeron brings advanced ergonomics
and comfort to the home office. |
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Distinctive Aesthetics
Inclusive look. Blends both classic and contemporary influences for a
unique appearance that fits in wherever it's used.
Pellicle choices. Three unique Pellicle weaves in a choice of neutral colors
coordinate with lighter-scaled contemporary environments. |
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PostureFit (left) can replace lumbar support to provide a new
level of lower-back comfort and promote naturally healthful posture. |
Sample Office Layouts:
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These Aeron side chairs are in Titanium finish
and Smoke frame which makes for a lighter,
contemporary look and feel. |
PostureFit represents a major ergonomic breakthrough
in seating that delivers custom-fitted support
where it's needed most: in the
lower back area below the beltline. |
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Aeron with
Action Office system. |
Aeron with the
Resolve system. |
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Aeron side chairs provide distinctive,
attractive seating for conference areas. |
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Design Story
Herman Miller turned to designers Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf to design a
totally new kind of chair. Chadwick's and Stumpf's previous collaboration had
produced the groundbreaking Equa chair.
The two designers began this development process with a clean slate, with no
assumptions about form or material, but with some strong convictions about what
a chair ought to do for a person.
Ergonomically, it ought to do more than just sit there. It should actively
intercede for the health of the person who sits in it longer than she should.
Functionally, it ought to move and adjust as simply and naturally as possible.
It should support a person in any position he cares to assume, at any task his
office job serves up.
Anthropometrically, it ought to be more inclusive than its predecessors. It
should do more than accommodate small or large people; it should really fit
them.
Environmentally, it ought to be benign. It should be sparing of natural
resources, durable and repairable, designed for disassembly and recycling.
The design that fulfilled these criteria met all expectations and shattered some
of them. It wasn't upholstered. It wasn't padded. It was dimensioned in three
models that looked exactly alike and that had nothing to do with their users'
job titles. It didn't look like any other office chair. And its revolutionary
concept incorporated more patentable ideas than any previous Herman Miller
research program.
"It was a matter of deliberate design to create a 'new signature shape' for the
Aeron chair," says designer Bill Stumpf. "Competitive ergonomic chairs became
look-alikes. Differentiation was a huge part of the Aeron design strategy, and
it remains one of, if not the most, critical aspects of Aeron's success.
"The human form has no straight lines, it is biomorphic. We designed the chair
to be above all biomorphic, or curvilinear, as a metaphor of human form in the
visual as well as the tactile sense. There is not one straight line to be found
on an Aeron chair.
"The Pellicle was equally a deliberate design strategy in that its transparency
symbolizes the free flow of air to the skin in the same way lace, window
screens, and other permeable membranes permit the flow of air or light or
moisture. The transparency of the chair as a visual element was in keeping with
the idea of transparent architecture and technology, which Aeron pioneered in
advance of Apple's transparent iMac computers. Transparency is a major design
movement. Its purpose is to make technology less opaque, to communicate the
inner workings of things, and to make objects less intrusive in the environment.
Aeron is a non-intrusive chair."
The Aeron design was refined and validated through research and experts'
opinions:
- It was tested for comfort with scores of users, pitting it against the best
work chairs available.
- Leading ergonomists, orthopedic specialists, and physical therapists evaluated
the chair's fit and motion, the benefit and ease of its adjustments.
- The design team conducted anthropometric studies across the country, using a
specially developed instrument to calculate everything from popliteal height to
forearm length.
- The research team did pressure mapping and thermal testing to determine the
weight distribution and heat- and moisture-dissipating qualities of the Pellicle
material on the chair's seat and back.
- Field studies using a specially-designed measuring device examined the
relationship between sizes of people and their preference for chair size (Dowell
1995b). Measurements of 224 people--in a sample that was evenly distributed
between men and women and that closely reflected the distribution of the U.S.
population on most dimensions--found that of all the anthropometric dimensions
measured, height and weight had the strongest relationship to chair size
preference. The relationship is strong enough to allow us to recommend one of
the three chair sizes based on those dimensions.
Although it reveals its aesthetic heritage in lyrical shapes reminiscent of
George Nelson designs, organic forms that recall the work of Charles Eames, and
a spare, athletic aspect that brings to mind its designers' Equa chair, the
Aeron chair finally looks only like itself. Its unique form expresses its
purpose and use and the material composition of its parts and the way they
connect. The slightly transparent and reflective nature of its surfaces gives it
an airy quality. It becomes a part of the person who uses it and the environment
that surrounds it.
Made largely of recycled materials, the Aeron chair is designed to last a long
time, with parts that get the most wear easily replaced and recycled. Just what
you would expect in a well thought-out design. |
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