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Encyclopedia > Aeron chair

The Aeron chair is a product of Herman Miller, designed in 1994 by Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf. It is an ergonomic chair which is expensive but regarded by many as very comfortable. The chair became a symbol of the rise and fall of the dot-com industry in the late 1990s. However, its breakthrough design has gained it a spot in the New York Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. Herman Miller, Inc. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ... Bill Stumpf is a designer that works for Herman Miller. ... Ergonomics (from Greek ergon work and nomoi natural laws) is the study of designing objects to be better adapted to the shape of the human body and/or to correct the users posture. ... Typical Western wooden chair A chair is a piece of furniture for sitting, consisting of a seat, a back, and sometimes arm rests, commonly for use by one person. ... The dot-com bubble was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 during which stock markets in Western nations saw their value increase rapidly from growth in the new Internet sector and related fields. ... For the band, see 1990s (band). ... “NY” redirects here. ... View across garden, in new MoMA building by Yoshio Taniguchi. ...


The chair is not upholstered. Instead, the seat and back are made of a semi-transparent and flexible mesh called a pellicle. Another noteworthy feature is that the Aeron is manufactured in three different sizes, A, B and C for Small, Medium and Large respectively.

Aeron Chair in an office.
Aeron Chair in an office.

The initial struggle to find a market for the chair is discussed in Malcolm Gladwell's book Blink. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1224 × 1632 pixel, file size: 290 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1224 × 1632 pixel, file size: 290 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) (All user names refer to en. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... Malcolm Gladwell Malcolm Gladwell (born September 1, 1963) is a United Kingdom-born, Canadian-raised journalist now based in New York City who has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. ... Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking is a 2005 book by Malcolm Gladwell in which he explores the power of the trained mind to make split second decisions, the ability to think without thinking, or in other words using instinct. ...


See also

The Tolomeo incandescent desk lamp is an icon of Italian modern design. ... The following is a partial list of chair types, with internal or external cross references about most of the chairs. ...

External links

  • Herman Miller - Aeron chair product page

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Herman Miller - for the Home - Aeron Chairs (1541 words)
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.
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.
Aeron chairs are available with many new Pellicle and finish options; this chair features Pellicle Tuxedo with a Polished Aluminum finish.
Hardware: Aeron Chair (908 words)
From my experience with the Aeron chair, and the research information and photos on their website (not to mention their reputation in the industry), I have no reason to doubt them.
The Aeron chair was designed to be versatile in application and adjustable enough to accommodate all body types.
The Aeron chair was designed to fit all users and to offer as many adjustments as possible including lower leg length, seat depth, hip breadth, back height, elbow height, lumbar height and lumbar depth.
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