by Ann Withanee — June 29, 2012—Herman Miller, long acknowledged for its design excellence, has introduced the Setu Conference Stool as part of its roster for corporate conference seating and other applications where lightweight, attractive ergonomic seating is desired. Displayed in its showroom during NeoCon 2012 at The Merchandise Mart, Chicago, Herman Miller’s Setu captured a Silver Award in the conference seating category in the prestigious Best of NeoCon product competition.
The Setu Conference Stool, designed by Studio 7.5 in Berlin, Germany, offers a lightweight, radically dematerialized stool that marries the ergonomic benefits of a task chair with the lightweight scale and simplicity of an occasional stool.
The stool features the Kinematic Spine and elastomeric fabric pioneered with the Setu multipurpose and lounge chairs. Setu’s innovative kinematic spine bends and flexes to the user’s every move, explains Herman Miller’s Setu designers. There’s nothing to tilt, nothing to tweak. Setu’s finely tuned elastomeric fabric provides superior suspension and conforms to each user’s contours.
Inspired by nature with its spiraling shape and contours, this single support spine was perfected by technology. Every bend, every corner, and every line were painstakingly shaped, reshaped and reshaped again so that each molecule falls in the right order, in the right place, notes Herman Miller.
Along with the conference stool, Herman Miller also launched a tables series designed to work with three core seating postures: lounge, work, and standing. Their bases coordinate with the base of Setu seating.
The Setu Conference Stool will be available early 2013.
For more information visit the Herman Miller Web site. See also the list of the Best of NeoCon winners on FMLink.
