Task chair redefines work chairs by using 70% recycled materials and is comfortable to sit on for hours

When it comes to different kinds of chairs, we haven’t run out of options and choices as there are a lot of designers and manufacturers in the market. But if you’re looking for something that values both sustainability and comfort, then the choices become fewer. There are those that use recycled materials but actually sitting on them is not the most comfortable experience. So if you find something that can give you both, then that’s a catch, so to speak.

Designer: Boss Design

The Sia Task Chair aims to bring a product that is well-designed and can be comfortable to use. But it also boasts the fact that it uses 70.6% recycled materials and does not even use any adhesive in putting the chair together. The company says it is its most sustainable product to date.. There are also several different colors available and if you’re ordering in bulk, the colors can be customized as well. It looks to be just like any other task chair but it’s how it’s put together that makes it stand out.

The chair itself has a soft-lined frame and a mesh that makes it comfortable, especially if you’ll be sitting on it for long periods of time during the day. There are four main color pallets available: Copper Brown, Reed Green, Black, and Oyster White plus different mesh styles and textures available in 33 shades. But if you’re ordering more than 250 units, you will be able to choose any RAL color. The aesthetic is very corporate so you know that it’s especially created for offices.

The selling point of this chair will of course appeal to the eco-conscious. It uses 70.6% recycled content including 43.1% post-consumer recycled plastics. The parts are also easily separated in case it needs to be repaired or recycled. And when it reaches the end of life, 99.4% of the entire chair can be recycled. If this is something that you prioritize when choosing products, then the Sia Task Chair should be right up there.

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LAYER Design’s O6 chair is a cozy, minimalist task-chair for your everyday WFH needs

Named after the O-shaped backrest that gives the chair its distinct lightweight design, the O6 is the result of a 2-year collaboration between Benjamin Hubert’s LAYER Design and Allsteel.

The chair’s name also pays a hat-tip to the six key interactions that enable the user to configure the O6 for ultimate comfort. These
adjustability controls include the vertical movement of its armrests; multi-directional movement of the arm pads;
the vertical and horizontal movement of the seat; the tilting backrest; and the adjustable lumbar support. “The controls
are streamlined and intuitive, enabling ergonomic comfort without visual complication”, says LAYER Design in their press release.

Designer: LAYER Design for Allsteel

The O6, like a lot of LAYER’s past work, relies on balanced forms, curved edges, and soft forms that create a visually comforting experience that in the case of the O6 also extends to the actual experience of sitting on the chair too. Designed to blend into your muted office setup (rather than act as a vibrant statement piece), the chair sports a greyscale color palette and comes in 4 color options for the frame going from a light neutral grey all the way to black. Users can further customize the chair’s design by choosing from as many as 22 different colors of Spectrum mesh for the back and seat and six 4-Way Stretch mesh back colors.

“Task chairs typically have a highly technical expression that reflects their focus on functionality,” says Benjamin Hubert, Founder of LAYER. “Our collaboration with Allsteel was about finding a way to reduce that technical expression to enhance the sense of visual comfort and create a simple appearance.” This simplicity also elegantly conceals the chair’s 6 functions that elevate the user’s comfort. The idea for the O6 was to create a design that embodies the aspect of easy and comfortable productivity, rather than taking on a highly technical design that looks like an engineer’s sketch with hardly any ergonomic considerations.

The O6 Task Chair was launched this week at NeoCon 2022, and is now available on the Allsteel website, starting at $1039 for the high-back task chair with 4D adjustable arms.

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