Aeron Basic Chair

The Aeron Chairs the ideal fit for any home or office. Its many unparalleled features include:

A New Kind of Office Chair
The Aeron Chair is a high-performance, long-term seating option for people of any size. It can adjust in eight different dimensions for maximum comfort and comes with an innovative suspension system that relieves back pressure and helps keep cool. The "waterfall" front edge of the seat takes the pressure off your thighs, so your blood keeps circulating and you stay alert and focused.

Comfortable Suspension
The patented Pellicle suspension system distributes weight evenly over the seat and back. This system will conform to anyones' shape and minimize the pressure on their back. Because air can pass through the Pellicle, the sitter is subject to more aeration that will help keep them cool and comfortable during a long days work.

Effortless Tilt
The Kinemat tilt lets people move naturally while the backrest and seat will move with the sitter to ensure proper support in all positions to support the users' preferred posture.

Unparalleled Aesthetics
The Aeron chair includes both classic and contemporary influences for a unique appearance that can suit any office environment. It comes with an option of three Pellicle weaves in neutral colors and a range of finish options so that you can create the Aeron you really want.

MoMA: Due to its innovative design the Aeron chair is the only desk chair on display at Museum of Modern Art. Click here to see.

Herman Miller set out to create a new kind of chair that changed the way challenged the norms of function, form, and materials for an office chair. To do this the company turned to Don Chadwick and Bill Strumpf, the designers of the groundbreaking Equa Chair. Chadwick and Strumpf decided to start with no prior assumptions about chairs with the intent to alter office chairs forever. After some thorough research, the designers decided that should be more then just an object to sit on. They were driven to build a new chair which was simple to adjust and adjusted as naturally as possible. Their opinions were staunch that this new chair must actually improve the health of the back when sat in for too long. They were also determined that this chair should cater to people of varying sizes instead of just accommodating them. Lastly on Chadwick and Strumpf's lofty list of goals was that this chair be environmentally friendly, recyclable and easy to repair or disassemble.

These results of these goals redefined the meaning of the "work chair". The Aeron, which was dimensioned in three models that looked exactly alike, was not padded and its revolutionary concept incorporated more patentable ideas then any previous Herman Miller research program. The chair is also made out of almost two-thirds recycled materials and 94% of the Aeron is recyclable. Designed Bill Strumpf explains his chairs' new design by saying, "Competitive ergonomic chairs became look-alikes. Differentiation was a huge part of the Aeron design strategy, and it remains one of, if not the most, critical aspects of Aeron's success". This differentiation strategy led to a complete redesign of the office chair with no straight lines because "the human form has no straight lines".

The Aeron design was refined and validated through consumer research and experts' opinions. An early focus group of retired people highlighted the need for aeration in the chair and long-term comfort. These areas were addressed in the final product through the Pellicle screen that helped permit the flow of air, light and moisture through the chair. Leading ergonomist, orthopedic specialists and physical therapists helped refine the chair's fit and motion and led to studies to help calculate everything from popliteal (back of the knee) height to forearm length to complete the design of the chair. The research team did pressure mapping and thermal testing to determine the weight distribution and heat- and moisture-dissipating qualities of the Pellicle material on the chair's seat and back. Field studies using a specially designed measuring device examined the relationship between sizes of people and their preference for chair size (Dowell 1995b). Measurements of 224 people—in a sample that was evenly distributed between men and women and that closely reflected the distribution of the U.S. population on most dimensions—found that of all the anthropometric dimensions measured, height and weight had the strongest relationship to chair size preference. The relationship is strong enough to allow us to recommend one of the three chair sizes based on those dimensions.

After all of this thorough research the chair reveals its aesthetic heritage in lyrical shapes reminiscent of George Nelson designs, organic forms that recall the work of Charles Eames, and a spare, athletic aspect that brings to mind its designers' Equa chair, the Aeron chair definitively looks only like itself.  Its unique form expresses its purpose and use and the material composition of its parts and the way they connect. The slightly transparent and reflective nature of its surfaces gives it an airy quality. It becomes a part of the person who uses it and the environment that surrounds it. Made largely of recycled materials, the Aeron chair is designed to last a long time, and parts that get the most wear are easily replaced and recycled. Just what you would expect in a well thought-out design.

The Aeron Chair has won many awards for its innovative design. Here are a sampling of its' most prestigious honors:

• In 1999, the Aeron Chair was named one of "Designs Greatest Hits" in Your Company magazine
• In 1999, the Aeron Chair won "Designs of the Decade" Gold Winner in "Office Furniture" from the Industrial Designers Society of America & Business Week magazine
• In 1998, the Aeron chair was given the International Plastics Consumer Product Design Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers

The Aeron Chair is designed to fit users of all heights and weights. To help users get the correct chair they have created different sizes to better suit the needs of different people. Smaller and lighter people should consider getting the Aeron chair in a Size A, while medium height and weight users should get size B chairs. The taller and heavier users should get the size C chair as it will help better accommodate their size. Please review the chart below to determine which size is best for you:

Seat Height Paddle-shaped lever on right side To raise: While taking your weight off chair, lift lever up. To lower: While seated, lift lever up.	Kinemat® Tilt Tension Long stem on right side with knob To increase tension: While seated, turn knob forward (clockwise, toward + sign). To decrease tension: While seated, turn knob backward (counterclockwise, toward – sign). Depending on the desired tilt resistance, a number of turns may be required.

Arm Height Lever on base of arm support To raise or lower arm: While seated, lift lever to unlock. Grasp base of arm support and raise or lower to desired height. Lower lever to lock.	Arm Angle Front of each armpad To swing arms in or out: While seated, grasp front end of armpad and pivot it to the left or right.

Forward Tilt Front lever on left side To position chair forward: Lean back and lift lever all the way up. Lean forward. To resume horizontal position: While seated, push lever all the way down. Lean back.	Tilt Limiter Rear lever on left side To limit tilt range: Recline as far as you like. Move lever up to define the limit of recline. You can still move forward. Readjust as necessary. To release tilt limiter: Lean forward, press lever down.

Lumbar Depth (Lumbar option only, not on Basic or Posture-Fit) Thick pad on back of chair To adjust depth: Using equal pressure on each end of lumbar support pad, lift it out of its track in back of chair. Flip it over and replace in track. (Notice that one side of support pad is thicker than the other side.)	Lumbar Height (Lumbar option only, not on Basic or Posture-Fit) Thick pad on back of chair To change height: Using equal pressure on each end of lumbar support pad, raise or lower it to desired position within adjustment track.

PostureFit® Adjustment (not on Basic or Lumbar chairs) Knob on right side of chair To engage: While seated, turn knob forward (clockwise) until it stops. Then turn knob backward (counterclockwise) until you find the support that feels right for you. To disengage: While seated, turn knob backward (counterclockwise).	Fine-Tune™ Footring Height Long stem on left side with knob To raise: While seated, lift your feet off the footring, turn knob forward. To lower: While seated, lift your feet off the footring, turn knob backward.