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Fern

Haworth

By Haworth Design Studio & ITO Design

The Fern desk chair is easy, natural and unhindered. Inspired by nature, it is in tune with your every move.

🛠 Design Your Own

Haworth Fern desk chair in yellow upholstery placed at a individual desk in a room Haworth Fern desk chair in grey upholstery with Planes desk in a office space Haworth Fern task chair in grey color with Intuity benching in a office space

Fern overview

Grounded in extensive ergonomic research, Fern’s design puts the person at the centre with ergonomic innovations that provide total back support, edgeless comfort, and free movement.

The result is a next-generation sitting experience that is distinctively responsive to each person. The chair works with you, not against you so you can sit better, work better, and feel better in today’s changing workplace.

    • Wave Suspension™ system , 3-point mechanism with back-stop in 5 position
    • Flexible backrest instead of torsional rigidity
    • Optional height-adjustable lumbar support, Forward tilt, headrest and coat hanger
    • Arm: Fog or Black Plastic
    • Base: Aluminium powder coated in Titanium, Structured Black or polished Aluminium
    • Upholstery Seat/Back: European Colour Collection
    • Certificate - FIRA: structural safety
    • Certificate - GreenGuard
    • Certificate - GreenGuard Gold
    • Certificate - GS safety
    • Award - German Design award
    • Certificate - FEMB: Level 3
    • Germany
Haworth Fern Task chair in blue upholstery as seen from the side view Haworth Fern Task chair in blue upholstery back view Haworth Fern Task chair in brown seen at an angle

Downloads

Product marketing

Seating Leadership - Work anywhere, Sit everywhere Fern vs Dynaflex - interactive quick guide Fern Smart Choice brochure Fern presentation Fern product sheet Fern client taster

Sustainability & Certificates

Fern - German Design award Fern certificate - GreenGuard Gold Fern environmental data sheet Fern certificate - GS safety Fern - certificate - fire retardancy Fern certificate - FIRA Fern certificate - GreenGuard Fern certificate - 1IM fire retardancy Seating certificate - Level 3, FEMB

Technical information

Fern user instructions Fern user instructions

Work Well

With Fern, more comfort means less distraction. As you move or change posture, Fern works with you, not against you, so you can stay focused on the tasks at hand. With no hard outer frame, Fern has a soft and pliable edge that won’t jar you or limit your movement.

Sit Well

Fern accommodates the diverse working population with new levels of all-day comfort, regardless of size, posture, or work mode. Research-driven, Fern’s ergonomic innovations provide total back support and respond to your every movement.

Feel Well

Fern provides a comfortable, engaging sitting experience that creates good feelings, keeping you balanced and centered in your chair. Its approachable design is less machine, more human, with mechanics discreetly integrated into the warm, residential aesthetic.

Fern Wave Suspension Video

Work Well

Sit Well

Feel Well

Online Configurator

Create your ideal model, tailoring the options and finishes to your tastes.

🛠 Design Your Own
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Side by side

Weight capacity

Pneumatic height

Seat forward tilt

Seat depth adjust

Armrests

Seat pad

Recline mechanism

Tension control

Backrest lock

Lumbar Height adjust

Lumbar Asymmetric

Haworth Fern Task chair in blue upholstery as seen from the side view

Fern

< 150kg

41 – 53cm

✔

+80mm

4D, NPR, 1D, Fixed

3 point synchro

Standard

✔

✔

Design Your Own

Zody

< 150kg

40 - 52cm

✔

+70mm

4D

Technogel Soft Lite

3 point synchro

Standard

✔

✔

PAL

Dynaflex

< 120kg

40 - 52cm

✔

+50mm

4D

AIR-GO-PUR seating

Automatic weight / tension synchro

Fine tune (5%)

✔

✔

PAL

Comforto 59

< 150kg

40 - 52cm

✔

+100mm

4D, NPR, Fixed

AIR-GO-PUR seating

Automatic weight / tension synchro

Fine tune (15%)

✔

✔

PAL