Knoll Generation Chair
It's not a chair. It's a movement. Introducing Generation by Knoll™. The first chair that lets you sit how you want. Generation by Knoll offers a new standard of comfort and unrestrained movement, supporting the range of postures and work styles typical of today's workplace. Designed by Formway Design, Generation takes the idea of elastic design - where a product rearranges itself in response to its user - to a new level. Discover how Generation's flexing and supportive features enable individual expression, and explore how this revolutionary work chair reflects our commitment to environmental sustainability.
DESIGNED BY:
- Formway Design, 2002
MEASUREMENTS:
- Overall Height 39.25 inch - 44.5 inch (glides reduce height by 0.25 inch)
- Overall Width 21 inch armless, 28.5 inch with arms
- Overall Depth 26 inch excluding base
- Arm Height from Floor 22.75 inch - 32.5 inch (height adjustable and high performance arms)
- Base Diameter 26.75 inch
MATERIALS:
- Flex Back - Integrally colored, high performance elastomer and glass reinforced polyester structure Height adjustable and high performance arms Burnished cast aluminum and integrally colored, glass reinforced nylon supports with integrally colored, self skinning polyurethane arm pads
- Flex Seat - High-resiliency molded urethane foam with textile cover and integrally colored, glass reinforced, impact modified nylon structure
- Controls -
- A. Dynamic Suspension control: A solid state construction of integrally colored, high performance elastomer, glass reinforced polyester and cast zinc
- B. Tilt preference selector: Integrally colored nylon and acetal; integrally colored, glass reinforced acetal
- C. Seat depth adjustment mechanism: Steel plate with integrally colored polypropylene parts
- Pneumatic cylinder - Steel
- Base - Burnished cast aluminum or integrally colored, glass reinforced nylon; five star design
- Hard casters and glides - Integrally colored nylon
- Soft casters - Integrally colored nylon over moldedwith thermoplastic polyurethane
- Height adjustable lumbar - Integrally colored, glass reinforced polycarbonate
HELPFUL NOTES:
- Rated Sustainable Platinum under the SMaRT© Consensus Sustainable Product Standards
- GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified®
- GREENGUARD Children & Schools Certified Recycled content of 40% (plastic base version) and 46% (aluminum base version)
- 39% (plastic base) to 54% (aluminum base) of parts are readily recyclable
- Constructed using minimal materials
- Manufactured using clean technologies in the Knoll LEED® Gold and ISO 14001 Certified Lubin Building, where energy use is offset with electricity enerated by wind power
- Generation by Knoll can contribute to achieving LEED® credits, including the Innovation in Design credit
This chair and other Knoll office chairs have no shipping charges.
Boasting an extensive portfolio of products ranging from office work systems and residential mid-century modern classics, to textiles and accessories, Knoll is a leader of modern and sustainable design. Iconic designs from classic designers such as Harry Bertoia, Eero Saarinen, Warren Platner, Isamu Noguchi and Florence Knoll herself make up a large component of Knoll's collection, along with innovative contemporary pieces. Knoll's products can be found in private residences and major art museums alike, including 40 products in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
Founded in 1938, Knoll's reputation for design integrity has a long and decorated history under the guiding principle: "good design is good business." Knoll invests in extensive research, field studies, customer collaborations, and partners with experts from the fields of architecture, organizational behavior, technology and business management to ensure that its products adapt and respond to the evolving needs of their customers. Environmental needs and requirements are not overlooked by the design house either. In fact, Knoll is also considered a leader in production practices that reduce waste, conserve natural resources and protect the biosphere.
Knoll has a strong international presence in the design world - headquartered in Pennsylvania, USA with showrooms across North America, Europe and represented by dealers throughout Latin America and Asia.
This item qualifies for free door-to-door delivery within Canada, with a few exceptions:
- Orders $150 or less are charged a $35 small order fee at checkout.
- Additional charges apply for Remote Delivery Areas including the Yukon, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and other remote locations outside of major city centres.
- Small items will be delivered by FedEx or other courier service in your area.
- Large items will be delivered by freight service. This is standard curbside delivery; meaning the driver will not haul up an incline or up stairs, and it will be your responsibility to bring the item inside, complete any assembly, and remove packaging debris.
- For a White Glove Delivery quote which includes unpackaging and assembly, please make a note in the Comments section during Checkout and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
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