The Comfort of Herman Miller’s Chairs
January 25th, 2009 | by admin |Aeron Herman Miller chair’s cushion allows the shoulder blades to rest in two deep pockets, encouraging better posture in the shoulders. An adjustable lumbar support, along with a slightly shorter seat, helps maintain the spine’s natural arch. Carney said he also has refined the positioning of the chair’s back and seat, creating a more open angle.
“The angle of openness determines the tilt of the pelvis and the shape of the spine,” he explained. “Understanding pelvic tilt is quintessential to designing a good chair.”
That understanding — or the lack of it — in the furniture industry has made Carney very particular about who sells chairs of aerion chairs. When Carney first sold his neck-supporting sleeping pillow to the Macy’s department store chain in San Francisco late in 1986, he had to give seminars to the salespeople on the benefits of the pillow and how to properly use it. “These people were dying for training on this type of product. There’s a real lack of education in this field — the salespeople didn’t know how to sell it,” said Carney.