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“When design springs from an
understanding of the people who are going to use a
product, you begin to see forms that you would never
have imagined.” - Niels Diffrient
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century’s preeminent designers,
Niels Diffrient has endeavored throughout
his storied career to emphasize the “human
factors” of industrial design, using
ingenuity and intuition to bring consumers
products that meet their needs.
From his early work with
Eero Saarinen and Marco Zanuzo to the
present, Diffrient's integrity and vision
have been recognized in dozens of awards
and honorary citations, and he has served
as designer or consultant to the Fortune
500’s leading companies.
His quest to create workplace
environments fitted to the needs of their
users continues unabated with “Freedom”,
a task chair that conforms to its user’s
shape without an array of knobs and levers.
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Fabric
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Freedom High Back Chair
designed by Niels Diffrient
The office chair with freedom from locks,
freedom to move
Goodbye manual adjustments.
The Freedom chair is designed to give the maximum
ergonomic benefit to the sitter with a minimum
number of manuallyadjusted controls.
Once the
chair is fitted, no further adjustment is required.
The idea is that movement, which is essential for
a healthy body, shouldn’t be constricted by
locking mechanisms and manual controls. In other words,
sitting comfortably isn’t something you should
have to think about.
The Freedom
chair was designed specifically to encourage frequent,
spontaneous changes of position. Choose standard arms,
which allow six inches of vertical motion. Or choose
advanced armrests that pivot as well.
There are no locks and no tension
springs to negotiate. Instead, there are elegant mechanisms
that automatically support your body in every position
you’ll assume throughout the day.
 Automatic Headrest
The dynamic, position sensitive
headrest on Freedom cradles your head and neck as
you recline, and moves out of the way when you sit
upright – automatically!
Dual Pivot Backrest
The Dual Pivot backrest on Freedom adjusts
automatically to the changing needs of your spine
by providing up to 1" additional support in the
lumbar area when you recline.
Intelligent Mechanism
Freedom’s revolutionary counterbalance
mechanism
works like a human-sized weighing scale. As you recline,
your weight automatically balances the force required
to recline the chair. So, whether you’re big
or small, short or tall, Freedom provides just the
right amount of recline tension to keep you fully
supported in all positions without the need for locks
or other manual adjustments.
High-tech Cushions
The cushions on Freedom are as unique as the rest
of the chair. Molded, not upholstered, they are sculpted
to closely follow body contours, which increases contact
area and decreases concentrated loads. Our optional
gel seat cushion (a first in office seating) maximizes
weight distribution and comfort. And the unprecedented
modular design allows them to be removed and installed
with four screws– making replacement a snap.
For More Information
For more information about the Freedom chair,
download this PDF
brochure to read at your convenience.
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