Haworth Fern® Task Desk Chair

The Fern task chair seems alive, in tune with your every movement. Grounded in extensive ergonomic research, Fern’s design puts the person at the center with ergonomic innovations that provide total back support, edgeless comfort, and free movement. The result is a next-generation sitting experience that is distinctively responsive to each person. Fern works with you, not against you so you can sit better, work better, and feel better in today’s changing workplace.

Comfort & Flexibility

Fern’s Wave Suspension™ system is the heart of the chair and the key to its back comfort and flexibility. From all appearances, the back looks simple. But inside is a high level of science, engineering, and innovation that enables Fern to work with you, not against you.

Sit Well

Fern accommodates the diverse working population with new levels of all-day comfort, regardless of size, posture, or work mode. Research-driven, Fern’s ergonomic innovations provide total back support and respond to your every movement.

Work Well

With Fern, more comfort means less distraction. As you move or change posture, Fern works with you, not against you, so you can stay focused on the tasks at hand. With no hard outer frame, Fern has a soft and pliable edge that won’t jar you or limit your movement.

Feel Well

Fern provides a comfortable, engaging sitting experience that creates good feelings, keeping you balanced and centered in your chair. Its approachable design is less machine, more human, with mechanics discreetly integrated into the warm, residential aesthetic.

DESIGNED BY:

• Haworth Design Studio and ITO Design

Fern is a collaboration between Haworth Design Studio and ITO Design. Drawing from resources and knowledge around the world, the Haworth Design Studio collaborates with research and development partners to identify, develop, and launch new and breakthrough innovations. With design centers in three key locations—China, Germany, and the United States—the team focuses on creating multi-generational products and global platforms designed with regional needs and preferences in mind.

ITO Design are experts in creating innovation solutions in the areas of design, engineering, and product development. Located in Germany, ITO Design also collaborated with Haworth on the X99® and Zody® chairs.

MATERIALS:

• Plastic Trim (includes Stem™, Cradle™, lumbar handle, control levers, mechanism cover, arm stems, and arm caps)
• Aluminum Trim (includes arm uprights, back upright, mechanism, and base)

Exception #1: If you choose Snow plastic trim and polished aluminum trim, the lumbar handle will be polished aluminum. If you choose Snow plastic trim with any other aluminum trim option, the lumbar handle will be Snow.

Exception #2: If you choose Snow plastic trim, your arm caps and control levers will be Fog.

• Note: Soft and Hard Casters (excluding the Two-Tone option) are only available in black. The Two-Tone Hard Casters are only available in gray.

Standard Features

• 5" pneumatic seat-height adjustment (16.5"-21.5")
• Adjustable tilt-tension
• 11 mesh colors, 3 trim colors
• Plastic base (black or fog)
• Synchronized tilt mechanism
• Armless
• 12 year 24/7 use warranty

Optional Features

• Fixed, height-adjustable or 4D arms (arm height 6.7"-11.5")
• 4" Height-adjustable lumbar
• Aluminum base (painted or polished)
• 3" Seat-depth adjustment
• Multiple position back stop
• Forward tilt
• Low position base (14.4" x 17.5")
• Protected by 16 patents
• Up to 38% recycled content and up to 95% recyclable
• Designed to meet a wide range of global seating requirements
• Designed to accommodate 5th percentile female to 95 percentile male

MEASUREMENTS:

Task Chair

• Overall Height 41.5 inch - 47 inch 1054 mm - 1194 mm
• Overall Depth 28.5 inch / 724 mm
• Overall Width 29 inch / 737 mm
• Seat Height 16.5 inch - 21.5 inch / 419 mm - 546 mm
• Seat Width 19.9 inch / 505 mm
• Arm Height 6.7 inch - 11.5 inch / 170 mm - 292 mm
• Seat Depth 15.5 inch - 18.5 inch / 394 mm - 470 mm

Task Stool

• Overall Height 46.75 inch - 54.75 inch / 1187 mm - 1391 mm
• Overall Depth 28.5 inch / 724 mm
• Overall Width 29 inch / 737 mm
• Seat Height 21.75 inch - 29.25 inch / 552 mm - 743 mm
• Seat Width 19.9 inch / 505 mm
• Arm Height 6.7 inch - 11.5 inch / 170 mm - 292 mm
• Seat Depth 15.5 inch - 18.5 inch / 394 mm - 470 mm

HELPFUL NOTES:

• Seat height adjusts 5″(127mm) from 16.5″ to 21.5″(406mm-533mm) in standard models. Low-position adjusts from 15″ to 17.5″.