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You spend a lot of time sitting throughout the workday. Doesn’t it make sense that your office chair should provide you with the personalized comfort and support you need, so you can get down to business?  That's what ergonomics is all about.  

With over three decades of knowledge and research behind our office chairs, Haworth understands sitting and how to support people at work. Our commitment to your comfort and the science of sitting is grounded in our history of strong global design, engineering, and manufacturing—and our ergonomic expertise. Since 2004, we’ve partnered with the Human Performance Institute at Western Michigan University to generate more than 5.5 billion pressure mapping data points. We use this scientific data to design and engineer chairs that deliver comfort and ergonomic support for as many people as possible.  Ergonomic office chairs require a range of adjustability options, from chair height to lumbar support, so you can get into comfortable postures easily and continue to make adjustments throughout the day.  In Haworth's chair development process, our research focuses on the user, resulting in intuitive, easy-to-operate chair controls - because if they're not easy to use, people won't use them.

Haworth seating is science-based design for your body—to support you, no matter who you are or where you work.

Learn more in our ergonomic seating guide - see the most essential chair features, view our chair comparison matrix, and utilize the ergonomic seating evaluation form to select a chair that's right for you.

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Why is Ergonomics Important?

We spend over half our waking hours working—and we do most of that work sitting down. That makes your chair perhaps the single most important component of a healthy working environment. Choosing one with proper ergonomic support keeps you comfortable, productive, and promotes well-being. A well-designed work environment with supportive seating helps reduce days lost to injuries and illness, and more. Physically, using an ergonomic chair for prolonged seated work has been proven to decrease the risk of injuries in the neck, shoulders, arms, back, and legs. Good ergonomic seating also enables concentration, by minimizing the distractions and related stress that stem from being uncomfortable. That way you can stay focused, engaged, and productive at work.

High-Performance Seating

Our chairs are designed to provide you with the ergonomic comfort and options you need to focus and get into the flow for peak performance. Through global design and development partnerships, our task chairs accommodate a range of budgets and body sizes around the world.

Fern—The Pinnacle of Performance

Experience total back support and edgeless comfort. Fern outperforms the competition in third-party studies on comfort and support when tested on five postures commonly seen in office settings. Fern's innovative design envelops your body and actively flexes to respond to your every movement through the Wave Suspension System®. As you change position, Fern works with you, not against you, so you can stay focused all day in a chair that feels like it was made just for you.

Zody—Proven Performance and Comfort

More than two years of persistent research and development led to the product design innovations that are Zody - research by Haworth and WMU's Human Performance Institute helped create Zody's Pelvic and Asymmetrical Lumbar® (PAL) support, which adjusts on either side of your lower back to cradle your body and provide superior support. These advanced ergonomic features and intuitive adjustments let you tune Zody to your ideal comfort level, so you’ll never feel like you’re sitting in someone else’s chair.

Very—An Ergonomic Classic with a Modern Look

With Very's easy ergonomic adjustment options, there’s a chair for everyone. The Very office chair’s intuitive lumbar support with patented asymmetrical control provides individualized comfort for a range of body types. Breathable knit or mesh provides support while naturally regulating body temperature. Very's extended family of seating products allow you to keep your office floorplate consistent across any space.

Soji—Thoughtful Design and Informed Ergonomics

From the second you sit down, Soji brings your body and mind into sync. Soji is a highly-adjustable task chair with more ergonomic options than most in its class, so you can enjoy healthier levels of performance. Designed for all body shapes and sizes, with Soji you’ll experience effortless comfort without having to sacrifice design.

Fern—The Pinnacle of Performance

Experience total back support and edgeless comfort. Fern outperforms the competition in third-party studies on comfort and support when tested on five postures commonly seen in office settings. Fern's innovative design envelops your body and actively flexes to respond to your every movement through the Wave Suspension System®. As you change position, Fern works with you, not against you, so you can stay focused all day in a chair that feels like it was made just for you.

Zody—Proven Performance and Comfort

More than two years of persistent research and development led to the product design innovations that are Zody - research by Haworth and WMU's Human Performance Institute helped create Zody's Pelvic and Asymmetrical Lumbar® (PAL) support, which adjusts on either side of your lower back to cradle your body and provide superior support. These advanced ergonomic features and intuitive adjustments let you tune Zody to your ideal comfort level, so you’ll never feel like you’re sitting in someone else’s chair.

Very—An Ergonomic Classic with a Modern Look

With Very's easy ergonomic adjustment options, there’s a chair for everyone. The Very office chair’s intuitive lumbar support with patented asymmetrical control provides individualized comfort for a range of body types. Breathable knit or mesh provides support while naturally regulating body temperature. Very's extended family of seating products allow you to keep your office floorplate consistent across any space.

Soji—Thoughtful Design and Informed Ergonomics

From the second you sit down, Soji brings your body and mind into sync. Soji is a highly-adjustable task chair with more ergonomic options than most in its class, so you can enjoy healthier levels of performance. Designed for all body shapes and sizes, with Soji you’ll experience effortless comfort without having to sacrifice design.

Design Your Own

Customize and view any of our premium ergonomic task chairs with the materials, colors, patterns, and options you choose.

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It’s All About People

Ergonomics is a complex science, but it’s really all about people. When your body is physically supported in the right way at work, it provides benefits for your overall well-being—positively impacting everything from physical health and work performance to happiness, engagement, and job satisfaction. That’s why we’ve put over 30 years of ergonomic research and expertise into the design and engineering of our task chairs.

Learn more in our ergonomic seating guide - see the most essential chair features, view our chair comparison matrix, and utilize the ergonomic seating evaluation form to select a chair that's right for you.

DOWNLOAD GUIDE