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Work anywhere, ‘Ergonomics Everywhere’: Humanscale’s vision for flexible, healthy workspaces
Work anywhere, ‘Ergonomics Everywhere’: Humanscale’s vision for flexible, healthy workspaces
Exploring how a new collection of office furniture designed by Humanscale integrates with ancillary spaces to enhance comfort and well-being in today’s diverse work environments.
By Humanscale and Tom Howells for
Humanscale
October 17, 2024 | 12:00 am CUT
Humanscale’s office furniture is designed to adapt to the needs of a more flexible and mobile working community
The furniture pieces in the ‘Ergonomics Everywhere’ collection complement one another while encouraging posture changes, improving circulation and reducing muscle strain
Ergonomics in motion
Humanscale understands this implicitly. Their NYC based 'Design Studio' – a dynamic hub of designers and engineers from around the globe – works to the philosophy that ergonomics is essential not just at the desk, but across the permuting face of new office environments, activities and styles. Bolstered by extensive research into workplace trends and collaboration with in-house ergonomics consultants, the brand’s approach to design places user experience and product interaction at the forefront of its remit.
Combining the Active Pony stool and the Float Mini creates a responsive solution for an adaptive work environment, adjusting to any need
Where comfort moves you
Take the Float Gather and Float Mini tables: small-scale, sit-to-stand solutions, smoothly controlled with subtle analog levers and non-powered pneumatic cylinders, designed to enhance the profound health benefits of intermittent standing throughout the day. With the Float Gather available with a round or square top and the Float Mini being a compact rectangular form in a muted panoply of colours, the moveable designs are adaptive to workspaces of all sizes and unhindered by power cables.
Moveable designs like the Float Gather (top) and the Float Mini (bottom) adapt to workspaces of all sizes and are sustainably crafted
Support that adapts
A more ascetic still is the Active Pony stool, an ergonomic seat with a unique triangular cushion that reduces pressure points and – by lowering the thighs and opening the hips – places the spine into a healthy S-curve. The ‘Ergonomics Everywhere’ remit arrives in the ‘Active’ part of the design, manifested in a seven-degree movement that adapts seamlessly to the body’s movements – ideal, Humanscale explains, ‘for short-duration computer work, meetings, professional settings, guest seating, or even as an ottoman to get your feet off the ground’.The ‘Active’ part of the design concept is manifested in a seven-degree movement that adapts seamlessly to the body’s movements
Humanscale’s Active Pony stool (top) is ideal for settings that require versatile seating, while the Path chair (bottom) ensures support over a longer period of time in all positions thanks to its ‘Gravity Mechanism’
Working on the edge
The coolly minimalist Trea Task Lite, designed by Todd Bracher, is a customisable chair with a waterfall-edge seat to soften pressure on the back of the knees and a contoured backrest, which cradles the body’s natural pivot points, allowing for seamless movement without any mechanical or dial adjustment.‘In today's work environment, it's not just about style, comfort or support – people want the freedom to instantly adjust their workspace to suit their needs’
Minimalist designs by Humanscale, such as the Trea Task Lite (top) and the Sedeo stool (bottom), feature a waterfall-edge seat and form, that naturally align with the body’s shape, promoting good posture
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