The Herman Miller Aeron chair is one of your favorite office chairs, but it's no doubt they're expensive. If you can snag a used one for cheap—even if its broken—weblog Apartment Therapy has a full guide for refurbishing it yourself. You don't need much to refurbish an Aeron, just a few allen wrenches and a wrench. Once you disassemble the chair, you can track down replacement parts cheaply from companies like Office Designs, and then easily refurbish it yourself. One of the great things about the Aeron (and partially why it's so expensive) is that everything is user-serviceable, so it's not nearly as complicated as you think. Head over to Apartment Therapy for the full guide.How to Refurbish a Herman Miller Aeron Task Chair | Material ApproachForms MaterialPrototypes Rigs ModelsApproach ComfortFail FasterSayl ChairHermanmillerErgonomicsEvaluateForwardFail Faster: Many suspension back prototypes, used to quickly evaluate forms, material approach, comfort, and ergonomics for the SAYL chair.
The designers of Studio 7.5 on how Mirra 2 advances how you sit. How to tune and use your chair for maximum comfort and support. Mirra 2 User Adjustment Guide Mirra 2 Assembly Instructions What's In It For You Product StoryAs work evolves, and we become more active, shifting from individual to collaborative work in an instant, we need tools designed to be as agile as our work style. To address this need, the designers of Studio 7.5 set out to create a high-performing chair that supports people who work in a constant state of motion. Immediate Comfort and Personalized ErgonomicsMirra 2 moves with you, at one with your body. When you sit, the seat and back adapt to you instantly. With dynamic surfaces that respond to your slightest movements and simple, intuitive adjustments to fine-tune the fit, Mirra 2 balances immediate comfort and personalized ergonomics in one sophisticated design. Support in MotionSupport for seated movement starts with a flexible, yet supportive design that allows your body to move freely and naturally.
Mirra 2’s Loop Spine provides torsional flex, allowing you to stretch and reach laterally, while the Harmonic 2 tilt provides a smooth, balanced feel as you recline. Butterfly Back or TriFlexTwo back options help Mirra 2 work for a variety of people and applications. The ultra-responsive Butterfly Back results from inventing a method for merging a fabric layer with polymer veins to create a dynamic hybrid structure that acts like a suspension membrane. The TriFlex back meets more rigorous cleaning protocols because there is no fabric layer. PostureFitBoth Mirra 2 back options offer passive PostureFit sacral support to keep your spine properly aligned as you sit. And both are ventilated to keep you cool, as well as supported, no matter how active you are. Form Celebrates FunctionThe lean design of Mirra 2 brings a sophisticated profile and visual lightness to any space. An emphasis on performance is visible. The individual components and their function are apparent and celebrated, and vary accordingly in material and appearance.
Versatile PaletteAs performance defines the look of Mirra 2’s components, their coloration allows significant options for defining the overall aesthetic of your chair or stool. Added selections for textiles, back loop and spine colors, and base finishes offer flexibility and encourage personalization. Mirra 2 work chairs and stools are both available in two back options, either the flexible TriFlex back or the ultra-responsive Butterfly Back. Stools extend the Mirra 2 design into any setting where seated and standing collaborators benefit from being at a common eye level. Ten years after the Mirra chair was introduced—during which over 1.5 million chairs had been sold—the designers of Studio 7.5 believed it was time to evaluate and, if necessary, rethink their original design. For one thing, they noted, work is evolving. People move, and the more they're in motion, the more they need support that moves with them. Precisely because of the new agile way people work today, the designers found the idea of a highly individualized personal chair is still valid.
While Studio 7.5 retained the athletic attitude and intuitive adjustments of the original, they advanced the material and form of this idea in virtually every aspect of Mirra 2. Using full-scale models, the designers of Studio 7.5 test the validity of a design and its component parts. For Mirra 2, every piece received this tactile, real-world treatment until the most elegant solutions emerged. Building on its legacy as the first office chair developed from the ground up with environmental responsibility in mind, Mirra 2 moves responsible design forward by advancing the use and reuse of materials. In redesigning Mirra, as in all their work, the mantra at Studio 7.5 was “every molecule counts.” By this they mean a close examination of every element is essential to using the least material possible while also advancing performance.It’s the most innovative and iconic ergonomic office chair ever made and for good reason. The Herman Miller® Classic Aeron® Chair revolutionized how we sit forever by blending the latest technology in ergonomic support of the body with a cross performance design and best-in-class materials.
As the first office chair to replace fabric and foam with breathable, woven suspension membrane, the Classic Aeron Chair, distributes your weight appropriately, eliminating pressure points and heat buildup. The Kinematic® Tilt lets you recline fluidly, while the PostureFit® puts back support where you need it most while seated—at the base of your spine. The Classic Aeron comes in 3 different sizes to accommodate the largest range of body types and with a wide range of colors, weaves and frame finishes, you won't have to compromise on style, either. Own the chair that’s on display in the permanent collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). This is the classic design that changed how we sit forever. If you’re looking for the remastered version of the Herman Miller Aeron Chair click here. We're an authorized Herman Miller retailer. This means we're official. We sell new factory-direct Classic Aeron chairs complete with Herman Miller's own 12-year warranty.
You can purchase confidently from Office Designs knowing you'll be receiving genuine Herman Miller product. Our Aeron chairs come with a 12-year Herman Miller warranty. This warranty is a promise that the chair lives up to the highest standards in the industry. If for some reason the chair fails to live up to this standard, Herman Miller will ship and repair it at no cost to you. To learn more read the Herman Miller Warranty (PDF). An adjustable, ergonomic task chair available in three sizes with a seat and back composed of semi transparent flexible mesh called Pellicle®. Available in either Basic or Highly Adjustable models, the Basic chair shares the Pneumatic lift, Kinemat Tilt mechanism and Tilt Tension adjustment with the Highly Adjustable chair, which offers all the options. Instead of traditional fabric and foam, Classic Aeron's mesh seating surface conforms to the sitter's shape, evenly distributes weight to eliminate pressure points and lets air pass through for cool comfort.
The patented Kinemat Tilt mimics the body’s natural pivot points—the hips, knees, and ankles—so the chair works with, not against, your body, as you recline fluidly. Allows the user to control the resistance felt when leaning back in the chair. The seat height adjustment uses compressed air to raise the seat height from a low of 16 in. to a high of 20.5 in. An ergonomic device that can be adjusted vertically through a 4.5-inch height range. Its depth is also adjustable. A highly-adjustable ergonomic device that offers gentle support to the pelvis and can be adjustable in and out for stronger, firmer lumbar support. Armrests pivot inward 17.5 degrees for keying and outward 15 degrees for mousing. Arm height adjusts independently within a four-inch vertical range. The user can control and limit the tilt range. Positions the seat angle 5 degrees forward, a posture favored by many computer users. Additional back support on the Classic Aeron Chair is optional, although, highly-recommended for those who sit for long periods of time or suffer from lower back pain.
Promoting natural, unforced, spinal alignment and muscle balance even when the sitter is not in a reclined posture is important. The lumbar pad is an optional lower lumbar back support device available on the Aeron chair. Ideal for long duration sitters who need some additional support. The PostureFit is an optional ergonomic device you can add to your Classic Aeron chair. It provides the maximum support available to your lower back. If you’ve had lower back pain issues in the past with your chairs, we recommend you add this additional support. PostureFit is made up of 3 elements: The butterfly pad is the central element of the device. It’s what supports the pelvis, allowing it to sustain a forward rotation, keeping it from rolling backward into the void between your lower back and the chair. It works in conjunction with the Pellicle® suspension of the Aeron chair, molding to the user's contours to provide custom-fitted support. Unlike traditional lumbar where more support means more pressure, PostureFit offers gentle support, marrying to the contours of the body.
In fact, you may not realize it is there until you take it away! The wishbone frame and the adjustment knob work together to control the degree of support the user requires. The wishbone frame also holds the butterfly pad in place and its shape complements the lines of the Aeron chair, enhancing its design. It is available in three sizes: A, B, and C. Designed for standard commercial and office carpet these 2.5-inch casters are the most commonly selected caster option. Designed for non-carpeted floors. They have a thin rubberized coating to prevent floor marring. In addition, hard-floor casters have less roll to prevent the chair from rolling across the room when you push away from your desk. Designed to move easily through thicker carpet than what is found in a typical office. These 3-inch casters are slightly larger than the standard 2.5-inch casters. In the 1970s, Herman Miller was deep into research in the field of office ergonomics and work seating and challenged Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf to rethink traditional designs of office chairs.
Their research produced the award-winning Ergon chair in 1976, and Equa chair in 1984. Building upon what they had learned, Stumpf and Chadwick began working in the early 1990s on a design for the world’s most comfortable office chair. Keeping in mind Charles Eames’ point that chairs should be designed for how people sit rather than how they should sit, they set about designing a chair that would: (1) Promote the health of the person sitting in it (2) Move and adjust as simply as possible (3) Support a person in any position (4) Really fit large or small people (5) Be environmentally responsible. The result, Herman Miller Aeron Chair, was introduced in 1994 to immediate success and became an icon of contemporary design. It introduced the use of a semi-transparent mesh material called Pellicle, which allowed air to circulate against the sitter’s back, as well as conform to the shape and build of the user so that pressure on the impact areas is minimized. The visual transparency of the chair exemplified the idea of transparent architecture and technology, a design strategy dedicated to producing objects that would be less opaque and intrusive in the environment.