The Corridor Media Console

The Corridor Media Console is engineered for functionality but the exquisite craftsmanship cannot be denied. In fact, the Corridor is our best-selling media console. In this post, we will explore the many incredible features of the Corridor Media Console. The Corridor is the perfect blend of functionality and luxury. We will take a close look at both of these qualities. Let’s talk about form…

Introducing the Karman Chair

On May 15th, 2023, the Karman Chair officially hit the market. Karman is the latest ergonomic design by Steelcase. The premium office chair world is crowded and highly competitive. So, what sets the Karman Chair apart? Weight The biggest differentiator for the Karman Chair is its weight. The Karman is impossibly light. Steelcase developed a lightweight but incredibly durable frame for the chair. In…

Unboxing the Path Chair

A few months ago Humanscale released the World’s most sustainable office chair. The Smart Furniture blog covered the release of the Path Chair. You can read the sustainability story here. Well, we wanted to see it for ourselves. Humanscale sent us a new Path Chair to demo. This video covers the unboxing of the Path Chair. This was our first glance at the chair…

Meet the Path Chair

Humanscale is calling their new Path Chair the planet’s most most sustainable and ergonomically advanced task chair created for every body. That sounds pretty intriguing. Let’s take a closer look! When Todd Bracher set out to design the Path Chair he intended to couple innovation with next-level sustainability. So, he started with materials instead of design. This ground up design method proved to be…

Why Buy the Embody Chair

In the modern office world, every new piece of furniture has to prove itself. It needs to have reason to exist. Is it more beautiful than the competition? Does it feature design work and features that out-distance all the other office chairs? Is it more comfortable or more supportive than the average chair? With the Embody Chair by Herman Miller, all of these questions…

The Embody Chair’s 12-Year Warranty

A 12-Year Manufacturer’s Warranty applies to all moving parts and hardware Warranty does not cover natural fading/use in fabric over time 45-Day Simply Smart Return Policy from Smart Furniture (see details here) A Quarter a Day The Embody Chair’s 12–year warranty gives you a unique opportunity to experience the full range of its benefits with almost no risk. Consider that for about $.25 a day…

The Importance of Thermal Comfort

A chair should “breathe;” its surface materials should provide comfort and allow conduction of heat and dispersion of moisture away from the surface of the sitters’ skin. A work chair should have a neutral effect on body surface temperatures, so that thermal comfort is not posture-dependent. What We Know People are more comfortable when ambient temperatures are neutral, allowing the body to maintain thermal…

First Impressions of the Embody Chair

Smart Furniture employees first parked their rumps in the Embody Chair back in February 2009. Below are some of our staff’s initial reactions to Herman Miller’s innovative creation. Here at Smart Furniture we were lucky enough to be among the first to try out the Embody Chair when we received our first model from Herman Miller. After reading initial press releases about it online and seeing…