Design Confidently, Live Comfortably



Issue #7, Nov/Dec 2004

Furnishings: Home-Office Chairs
If it ain't got that fit, you won't want to sit -- for long
by Matthew Teague

If you've spent more than a couple of hours at a time in an office, you know how important it is to have a comfortable chair. Since the advent of ergonomic seating in the 1970s, manufacturers have refined the office chair to a functional objet d'art, with a form to fit every body. Writer and furniture maker Matthew Teague details the latest ergonomic and technological innovations, taking the headache out of avoiding a backache.


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