It’s not everyday you get to sit for hours on end, as your body slowly atrophies… ok, well, maybe it is everyday, but this new chair from Herman Miller may turn your hardening arteries into pliable conduits of efficient blood flow to get that oxygen back up to your brain case.
The Embody chair, with all of it’s flexors, knobs and adjustments, was designed by the late Bill Stumpf of Aeron Chair fame and taken through multiple iterations by his associate, Jeff Weber after Stumpf’s death in 2006.
Images and more after the break.
Embody takes Stumpf and Chadwick’s 1994 Aeron chair, adds 14 years of vision, ergonomic knowledge and ecological awareness to produce a chair that is 96% recycled material and ready to improve your circulation.
“we found a reduction in heart rates and improved circulation across the board… People would sit down on it and sometimes without prompting they’d tell us that their bodies were feeling less constrained, that they could open up their chest cavities and torsos.”Embody – I.D.
From a design and engineering perspective, the translucent back membrane and open design give you an look and how all the flexors, suspension bands and coils work together. Add that to the claims they make and you’ve got a chair that every desk jockey is sure to enjoy.
The price? Only $1,595 retail, but my guess is that it will probably be seen online soon for just under a grand. Aren’t you worth it?
Image via Furniture Matters
Source: Fortune (Thanks Charles!) and I.D. Photos: Christopher Barrett
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Damn that would be sweet to have for work.
Another reason to work my but up the corperated ladder
Now all I need to happen is for another tech bubble to burst so that there's a firesale on these things. Screw the health of the computer industry… I want a sweet chair! =)
ya know, you could probably get one for a review of the design/interview with designer in the mag. i know you got the contacts man.
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Awesome!!! I would like to have those kind of chairs in my room they are pretty and very modern.
Where can I get this chair? I've been searching but can't find any online store that sells this. Is the sites listed on http://www.embodychair.net/buy-embody-chair.php accurate ?
Thanks
This is a designer question. What determines the ideal neutral resting position? How does the user of the Embody chair or any chair for that matter know they have achieved this position? The reason I ask is every demo I have seen “on-line” has the user sitting with the lumbar spinal region supported in with it's normal lordotic curve intact while the upper half of the torso tends to be compressed, i.e. in a partial slouch.
What can the user do about t his tendency?
This is a designer question. What determines the ideal neutral resting position? How does the user of the Embody chair or any chair for that matter know they have achieved this position? The reason I ask is every demo I have seen “on-line” has the user sitting with the lumbar spinal region supported in with it's normal lordotic curve intact while the upper half of the torso tends to be compressed, i.e. in a partial slouch.
What can the user do about t his tendency?
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