The US manufacturer of ergonomic office equipment Humanscale wanted to produce a chair with as few parts as possible, making it lighter to transport and quicker to assemble. Standard task chairs – ...

*Fantastic. The guy is 81 years old. He's like a vast, spreading oak tree. He's such a titan of industrial design that I feel not one whiff of embarrassment in posting his product ads wholesale! NEW ...

Designer Niels Diffrient was the latest in a line of masters finding new ways to adapt the material world to our bodies. What I'll remember most about his work is not that product but his brilliant ...

There are few things that manage to live on my desk for more than a couple of months. There are even fewer that I'll upgrade to permanent status. Humanscale's Neat Suite of products and their ...

Industrial designer Niels Diffrient built his nearly 60-year career on a belief in staying under the radar. But his work in ergonomics is internationally revered and he collaborated with design greats ...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Niels Diffrient’s Freedom chair. Launched by Humanscale, the Freedom chair revolutionized the seating industry as the first ever ...