Herman Miller Embody® Chair

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Build your custom Embody Chair:
Choose from two frame/back finishes - White or Graphite
Three base finishes - Polished Aluminum, Titanium, or Graphite
Select your upholstery colour from various swatches, including blue, grey, black, green, and more.

You point. You click. You fixate on your computer screen and sit without moving for hours. Your body screams, “move!”—unless you’re seated in Embody, the first chair to promote healthful sitting by encouraging movement.
Embody facilitates natural movement so you can focus on your work and think clearly. When it comes to sitting, why not choose a chair that’s good for your body and mind?

Movement is the key to good health
Most office work processes have become computer-based, so you’re tied to your computer for extended periods, often in strained postures. Discomfort distracts the mind and impedes performance. The Embody chair’s instinctive back adjusts to your shifting positions, and Pixelated Support helps keep your blood circulating. The narrow backrest lets you move your arms freely, encouraging air movement into the lungs for more oxygen to feed your body and brain.

Support through harmony
For superior comfort, Embody’s Backfit™ adjustment and seat conform to your unique shape and distribute weight evenly. Embody has no hard, rigid frames, so edges flex and yield upon contact. The tilt—designed to support the working recline posture—encourages natural movement, keeping your head aligned with your computer display and your spine in a neutral posture. Embody creates harmony between you and your computer so you can focus on your work.

More ideas for you
What’s the value of an idea? In an economy where people get paid for their thoughts, keeping your brain at peak operating performance has never been more critical. Embody is designed to support your body intuitively for higher productivity and creativity. Through its health-positive benefits, Embody supports your body, which means your mind is open to inspiration.

Form = Function
Designed by Jeff Weber and the late Bill Stumpf, Embody’s look communicates its performance. Its human-inspired form, which mimics the spine, is driven by health-driven features. Its textile—more like a skin that enhances, than a covering to conceal. The textile color palette includes beautiful, contemporary colors that pair with two frame colors and three base colors to simplify choice and appeal to global tastes.

Embody helps the world around you
The Embody Chair supports Herman Miller's commitment to the environment. It is McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC) Cradle-to-Cradle Silver certified and GREENGUARD® certified. Embody has 42 percent recycled content, is 95 percent recyclable, and contains no PVCs.

MEASUREMENTS:

• Max Width: 29.5 inch
• Max Height: 43.5 inch
• Seat Height: 16 - 20.5 inch

MATERIALS:

• No PVCs

HELPFUL NOTES:

• Fully adjustable arms. Arms have a 6" vertical and 6" horizontal adjustment range
• Tilt and Swivel: Adjustable tilt range (4 settings). Chair swivels 360˚
• Seat depth adjusts from 15" to 18", in 6 locking positions
• Multi-Floor Casters (C7)
• Ships ready to assemble
• 44% recycled content; 95% recyclable
• GREENGUARD® Gold certified Level™ 3 certified
• Warranty 12 years

Bill Stumpf

US, 1936 - 2006

"I work best when I'm pushed to the edge. When I'm at the point where my pride is subdued, where I'm innocent again. Herman Miller knows how to push me that way, mainly because the company still believes—years after D.J. De Pree first told me—that good design isn't just good business, it's a moral obligation. Now that's pressure." - Bill Stumpf

William Eugene "Bill" Stumpf was a designer for Herman Miller who helped design the Aeron (with Don Chadwick) and Embody chairs (with Jeff Weber). It was at the University of Wisconsin-Madison where Stumpf, working with specialists in orthopedic and vascular medicine, conducted extensive research into ergonomics, specifically in the way people sit.

Stumpf's association with Herman Miller began in 1970 when he joined the staff of the Herman Miller Research Corporation. After establishing his own firm in 1972, Stumpf created the Ergon chair, the first ergonomic work chair. Later, in collaboration with Don Chadwick, he produced the groundbreaking Equa and iconic Aeron chairs. He also was principal designer for the Ethospace system.

During his lifetime, Stumpf—a key figure in Herman Miller's transformation into a research-based, problem-solving innovator—received numerous awards for his work. He was named the winner of the 2006 National Design Award in Product Design, an award presented posthumously by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Stumpf died in 2006.

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Jeff Weber

Canada, 1984

"I've always believed that good design is a blend of art and science, to use that combination in ways that positively impact how people live and work is really exciting to me." - Jeff Weber

Since Jeff Weber was a young boy, he has always been facinated with the way things worked, and has never thought about doing anything else other than becoming an industrial designer. Today he uses his considerable talents to improve the human condition by designing products that enhance people's lives—at home and at work.

While Weber's work includes a wide spectrum of products, he became interested in furniture design when he teamed up with Bill Stumpf, who worked with Herman Miller for 30 years. With an emphasis on results, an integral and important aspect in his design process is research. When designing Herman Miller's Embody chair, for example, Weber and the Herman Miller team spent nearly two years talking with experts in various fields of medicine, from specialists in upper-extremity conditions to optometrists and neurologists. It was all in an effort to gain a real understanding of what it takes "to support a body in space in a healthful way and enable motion at the same time," he says.

Weber says the most satisfying part of his work is watching someone enjoying the final outcome of his efforts. "Seeing someone sitting in a chair and appreciating the logic and rationale behind it is very gratifying."

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