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SmartFurniture Blog Post The COVID-19 pandemic changed the modern workplace forever. Not only did it show that employees are willing to work remotely, but it also showed that many actually prefer to work that way — while also having access to a traditional office when they need it. Read on to learn how to help your hybrid team work well together, no matter where…
Let’s Collaborate! Here at Smart Furniture, we love working with designers, architects, and other design professionals. Over the past 25 years, we’ve learned a few things about converting a space into a beautiful and functional environment that reduces stress and increases productivity. The Smart Furniture design team has worked with designers on countless space planning projects. And well, we’re not trying to boast but…
Working from home was the new normal in 2020. This new normal gave us all the opportunity to reflect on work and how we do it. We were all forced to reimagine our workspaces. What were the essentials? What were the luxuries? And, how were productivity and comfort supported from the home office? As we reach the midpoint of 2021, many of us are…
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…
Some of the most useful content we’ve found to tell you what you need to know about the Embody Chair.
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…
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…
Mark Rico of Smart Furniture Spends a Week in the Embody Chair The folks here at Smart Furniture were curious about Herman Miller’s Embody Chair and how well it would affect their everyday work environment—so what better way to figure it out than to just sit in one! Mark Rico, our resident content specialist and SketchUp guru, has graciously accepted the opportunity to sit on Embody…
The Herman Miller Embody Chair was designed to make you comfortable, healthy and productive at work. To accomplish these goals, the inventors, engineers, and artists who worked on the Embody Chair spent countless hours researching and applying several areas of ergonomic science. One of the most important, for the Embody, was the ergonomic science of pressure distribution. Pressure distribution is one of the most…
In a world where sitting is more prevalent in the workplace than ever, discomfort can become all too commonplace. Much of this discomfort is tied directly to the pressure the body’s weight puts on the “sit bones” at the base of the pelvis and the surrounding soft tissue. The longer a person sits, the more tissue will be exposed to static pressure loads. Relieving…