Life® Chair

Designed by Formway Design for Knoll, Life® is made from eco-sensitive materials streamlined for a sculptural, zen-like silhouette without sacrificing the ultimate in performance, precision and durability. Easy-to-replace seat pad and back allow updating while reducing waste.

Features: Life fits naturally into any work environment - behind the desk one moment, at the conference table the next. It changes character with fabrics and finishes available in a wide variety of options. Synchronized recline with auto-balanced tension — Life's 360 degree swivel uses body weight for resistance and recline, holding your sight line at a constant level for enhanced comfort and reduced back, neck and shoulder strain. Optional Magnetic Lumbar Support - attaches anywhere on the back of the chair for additional personalized support A "living" seat — designed to reduce pressure points, Life is fitted with integral forward flex for the perfect balance of dynamic movement and structural stability. Armrests serve as an extension of your body, with clean, trim and easily adjustable lines. Low-profile chair base provides a comfortable resting place for your feet.

Options:

• Available armless, with fixed arms, with height adjustable arms, or high performance arms
• Base available in either plastic or aluminum
• Standard, low and high seat height cylinders
• Optional lumbar support available in three colors
• Available with hard casters, soft casters
• Ten-year, multi-shift warranty

Controls

Adjustable from seated position. Easy, intuitive, labeled. Automated where possible

Sustainable Design Manufactured using clean technology in keeping with the ecodesign principles of reduce, reuse and recycle. GREENGUARD Certified, Life helps you meet the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED™ requirements Uses minimum materials in construction and employs clean manufacturing technology such as integral coloring on plastic components, burnishing on the aluminum structure and VOC-free paints and adhesives Raw materials with a recycled content of 52 percent (plastic version) and 62 percent (aluminum version) are used. Available with 100 percent recycled content fabric 70 percent to 80 percent of component parts readily recyclable Life Chairs comply with ANSI/BIFMA x5.1-1993 (Front Stability) and otherwise comply with ANSI-BIFMA x5.1-2002

Awards

Best of NeoCon Gold Award for Seating: Desk/Workstation Task Chairs, 2002 IIDEX for Office Seating and Sustainable Design, 2002 Good Design Award, Chicago Athenaeum, 2003

Seller warrants to the original Purchaser only that the Products Seller manufactures and sells to Purchaser are free of defects in workmanship and materials, during the applicable warranty period set forth below.

Warranty period set forth below for is for 24-hour, 7 days a week, multi shift use (includes parts and labor to repair).

Should any failure to conform with this limited warranty appear to a Product listed below during the applicable warranty period from the date of shipment, Seller shall, upon prompt written notice, repair or replace, at its option and costs, the affected part or parts.

Product and Period of Warranty

Lifetime: Antenna Workspaces, AutoStrada, Calibre, Crinion Open Table, Currents, Dividends Horizon, Equity, Morrison, Reff Profiles laminate, Series 2 Storage, Template and other non-wood components (except cascade edge worksurfaces, operational parts, controls, electrical, Series 2 Veneer Front Storage, special or custom products, see below)

12 Years: Chadwick, Essentials Work Chairs, Generation by Knoll , Life, Moment, MultiGeneration by Knoll, RPM and Sapper seating (except seating upholstery, textiles, leathers and finishes, see below).

10 Years: Antenna Workspaces, AutoStrada, Crinion Open Table, Reff Profiles wood components, Series 2 Veneer Front Storage, cascade edge worksurfaces, Wood Casegoods (Magnusson, The Graham Collection - except wood casegoods upholstered surfaces, see below), Interaction tables (except height adjustment mechanisms for Counterforce, crank-adjustable, and split-top tables and worksurfaces, see below), Reuter overheads, Reuter vertical storage, KnollExtra Sapper Monitor Arm Collection, Adjustable keyboard mechanisms and platforms, Communication Boards (except fabric board textiles, see below), Smokador collection (except leathers, see below), and Orchestra Universal Systems Accessories.

5 Years: Operational parts, controls, electrical, Lighting (except light ballasts and bulbs, see below), special or custom product, wood veneer products, Currents handcrank, Interaction Counterforce, Interaction crank-adjustable, and split-top mechanisms, KnollStudio, CPU storage and all universal storage drawers.

3 Years: Seating upholstery, textiles, leathers and finishes. Fabric boards textiles and Smokador Collection leathers.

2 Years: All other KnollExtra product

1 Year: Light ballasts and bulbs, seating upholstered armpads and soft armpads, wood casegoods upholstered surfaces.

This warranty does not apply to:

• Damage caused by a carrier other than the Seller.
• Normal wear and tear or acts or omissions of parties other than Seller (including user modification).
• COM or other third party materials applied to Products.
• Products not installed by or under the auspices of a certified dealer of Seller.
• Dramatic temperature variations or exposure to unusual conditions.
• Changes in surface finishes, including colorfastness due to aging or exposure to light.
• Except as specifically noted above, textiles and upholstery supplied by KnollTextiles (consult current KnollTextiles price list for applicable warranty).

Natural variations occurring in wood, marble, and leather shall not be considered defects, and the Seller does not guarantee the colorfastness or matching of the colors, grains or textures, or surface hardness of such materials. The Seller also does not guarantee the colorfastness of fiberglass panel surfaces.

THE EXPRESS WARRANTIES CONTAINED HEREIN ARE IN LIEU OF ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND ALL OTHER WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

The remedies provided above are the Purchaser's sole remedies for any failure of Seller to comply with its obligations regarding the workmanship of its Products. Correction of any nonconformity in the manner and for the period of time provided shall constitute complete fulfillment of all liabilities of Seller, with respect to or arising out of the Product furnished hereunder. Delay/Force Majeure Seller shall not be liable for failure to perform or for delay in performance due to fire, flood, strike or other labor difficulty, act of God, act of any governmental authority or of the Purchaser, riot, embargo, fuel or energy shortage, wrecks or delay in transportation, inability to obtain necessary labor, materials or manufacturing facilities from usual sources or failure of suppliers to meet their contractual obligations, or due to any cause beyond its reasonable control. If any such event occurs, Seller may extend delivery dates by a period of time necessary to overcome the effect of such delay, allocate available Product or cancel any purchase order.

Compliance with Law PURCHASER IS SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLIANCE WITH ALL APPLICABLE FEDERAL, STATE AND LOCAL LAWS, ORDINANCES, REGULATIONS, RULES AND STANDARDS RELATING TO THE INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE, USE AND OPERATION OF THE PRODUCTS.

Patents Subject to the following provisions, Seller shall, at its own expense, defend or, at its option, settle any claim, suit or proceeding brought against the Purchaser, and/or its vendees, mediate and immediate, so far as based on an allegation that any Product or any part thereof furnished hereunder constitutes a direct or a contributory infringement of any claim of any patent of the United States or Canada. This obligation shall be effective only if Purchaser shall have made all payments then due hereunder and if Seller is notified promptly in writing and given authority, information and assistance for the defense of said claim, suit or proceeding. Seller shall pay all damages and costs awarded in such suit or proceedings so defended.

The foregoing indemnity does not apply to the following:

• Products supplied according to a design other than that of Seller, and which is required by the Purchaser.
• Combination of the Product with another product not furnished hereunder unless Seller is a contributory infringer.
• Any settlements of a suit or proceeding made without Seller's written consent.

Limitations of Liability SELLER, ITS CONTRACTORS, AUTHORIZED DEALERS AND SUBCONTRACTORS OR SUPPLIERS OF ANY TIER SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO PURCHASER FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING FROM A BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT.

Purchaser's remedies set forth herein are exclusive and the liability of Seller with respect to the breach of this agreement or any contract entered into between the parties pursuant hereto shall not exceed the price of the Product or part on which such liability is based.