Steelcase took their time and did a lot of research before launching this chair quite a few years after Aeron, the chair itself has 52 patents. The Steelcase Leap chair was Steelcase’s answer to the Aeron (number 4 on our list). Although there are better chairs ergonomically from the same stable, it overtakes its siblings by being also well made and beautifully designed, but better value for money and kinder to the environment, taking top spot overall out of all of the Herman Miller chairs and second overall.
The perception of the frame and the holed plastic back is of a very high performance ergonomic chair, when in fact this is a mid-range chair from Herman Miller, with a mid-range price point. The back mechanism is effectively solid plastic, but works surprisingly well with a high user satisfaction. It’s certainly a good-looking chair, and could be mistaken for part of the Aeron family to the untrained eye. Mirra came along a little later after the iconic Aeron (Number 4 in our list), but shares a lot of it’s aesthetic qualities. Gold Medal in the top ten best office chairs in the world.Ģnd Place. All round for value, looks, ergonomics and quality – Think is our winner. Arms are also 3D height and width adjustable. The tension mechanism also has a pleasant lifting motion when leaning back. The back mechanism, although not as sophisticated as big brother ergonomically, still makes use of Steelcase knowledge and has individual flexors to allow the back to move freely. An added bonus is that without touching the adjustments anyone can jump into this chair and feel almost instantly comfortable – on some of the more sophisticated chairs the controls never actually get adjusted properly for the user, this chair however automatically adjusts to your weight and is therefore ready to go making it perfect for hot-desking environments, or where simplicity of use is preferred. This has a number of benefits: The chair components are reduced, so the chair is less expensive, has less impact on the environment and also contributes clean design lines underneath the chair. This is because the back tension borrows from a Humanscale innovation (see number 6) and actually leverages off the weight of the user. First of all it looks beautiful, it has very clean lines and a minimal look, mainly thanks to the lack of bulky tension controls under the chair. The Think chair is Steelcase’s mid-range, mid-priced chair, but don’t imagine that that makes it middle of the road. Look out for the latest chair “wild card” at the end of the article – a potential game changer.
But they don’t have it all their own way, with a few manufacturers muscling in on the top ten best office chairs. If there is one area in office design that productivity and employee satisfaction is easiest to measure, it’s right here. If this was purely about ergonomics, for us Steelcase pips it over Herman Miller, mainly because of their attention to flexible back mechanisms which we will talk about later, but Herman Miller’s iconic design ensures it’s a close fight, with nothing to choose between them on build quality and the environment. With the largest R&D departments and a healthy slew of patents, these two giants of the office furniture industry slog it out for the top laurels. It’s perhaps no surprise that Steelcase and Herman Miller, the two largest manufacturers of office furniture in the world, dominate the top ten best office chairs. The definitive guide to the world’s top ten best office chairs.
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