Knoll Generation Chair
The Generation Chair lets you sit how you want—offering a deeper level of comfort, flexibility, and support with more intuitive ergonomics and fewer adjustments. New Zealand’s Formway designed this chair to take the idea of elastic design, where products adapt to the user, to the next level.
Launched in 2009, Generation redefined and expanded the parameters and expectations of how people sit at work. With its comfort and unrestrained movement, this chair reflects Knoll’s commitment to innovation, thoughtful design, and environmental sustainability.
DESIGNED BY:
- Formway Design, 2002
MEASUREMENTS:
- Overall Height 39.25 inch - 44.5 inch (glides reduce height by 0.25 inch)
- Overall Width 21 inch armless, 28.5 inch with arms
- Overall Depth 26 inch excluding base
- Arm Height from Floor 22.75 inch - 32.5 inch (height adjustable and high performance arms)
- Base Diameter 26.75 inch
MATERIALS:
- Flex Back - Integrally colored, high performance elastomer and glass reinforced polyester structure Height adjustable and high performance arms Burnished cast aluminum and integrally colored, glass reinforced nylon supports with integrally colored, self skinning polyurethane arm pads
- Flex Seat - High-resiliency molded urethane foam with textile cover and integrally colored, glass reinforced, impact modified nylon structure
- Pneumatic cylinder - Steel
- Base - Burnished cast aluminum or integrally colored, glass reinforced nylon; five star design
- Hard casters and glides - Integrally colored nylon
- Soft casters - Integrally colored nylon over molded with thermoplastic polyurethane
- Height adjustable lumbar - Integrally colored, glass reinforced polycarbonate
- Dynamic Suspension control: A solid state construction of integrally colored, high performance elastomer, glass reinforced polyester and cast zinc
- Tilt preference selector: Integrally colored nylon and acetal; integrally colored, glass reinforced acetal
- Seat depth adjustment mechanism: Steel plate with integrally colored polypropylene parts
HELPFUL NOTES:
- Rated Sustainable Platinum under the SMaRT© Consensus Sustainable Product Standards
- GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified®
- GREENGUARD Children & Schools Certified Recycled content of 40% (plastic base version) and 46% (aluminum base version)
- 39% (plastic base) to 54% (aluminum base) of parts are readily recyclable
- Constructed using minimal materials
- Manufactured using clean technologies in the Knoll LEED® Gold and ISO 14001 Certified Lubin Building, where energy use is offset with electricity generated by wind power
- Generation by Knoll can contribute to achieving LEED® credits, including the Innovation in Design credit
- This chair and other Knoll office chairs have no shipping charges
Knoll has lived their guiding principle, "good design is good business," since 1938. Products are all created to inspire, fit, and last. The Bauhaus philosophy that furniture should complement, not compete with architecture, is central to Knoll’s design. Its extensive portfolio includes office work systems, residential mid-century modern classics, textiles, and accessories.
Designers like Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen, Warren Platner, Isamu Noguchi, and Florence Knoll contributed to Knoll’s iconic designs. Knoll invests in research and field studies and explores organizational behavior and technology to ensure quality excellence. As a leader in sustainability, Knoll’s practices reduce waste and conserve resources. Based in Pennsylvania, Knoll has a strong international presence, and 40 products are in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
This item qualifies for free door-to-door delivery within the Continental USA and Canada, with a few exceptions:
- Orders $180 or less are charged a $35 small order fee at checkout.
- Please contact us for a quote if you are located outside of the Continental USA.
- This is standard curbside delivery; meaning the driver will not haul up an incline or up stairs, and it will be your responsibility to bring the item inside, complete any assembly, and remove packaging debris.
- For a White Glove Delivery quote which includes unpackaging and assembly, please make a note in the Comments section during Checkout and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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