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The hidden engineering in Haworth's Very Task chair

By Rain Noe - December 16, 2010

in Object Culture

The most impressive thing about Haworth's striking-looking Very Task chair is that it doesn't wear its heart on its sleeve, so to speak; it looks so clean and minimal that one could be forgiven for assuming, as I did at first glance, that the Very doesn't offer much in the way of functionality.

But it's quite the opposite. The Very has tons of clever adjustability built in, it's just that Haworth designers Michael Welsh and Nicolai Czumaj-Bront took pains to conceal the mechanics within the sleek form. Take a good look at the chair--

--and then check out the video to see what I mean:

We should have a "Living With..." review of the Very Task in future, so stay tuned.

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gimmy

13 years ago

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looks a lot the "think" chair, but all these companies make similar looking chairs, thought i do like that they were able to thin it out and keep everything very clean and minimal - nice job nicolai
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Bud

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Jason,

Many of the ergonomic and scientific findings from the Zody chair are incorporated in the Very task chair. This research was done prior to the launch of the Hon/Allsteel Relate seating line. Relate does not offer a asymetrical lumbar, 4D arms, forward tilt and unlimted tilt tension control.
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Michael

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Wow. That's not a chair, that's a friggin transformer. Can it fly too? Cool stuff. But as always: Cool stuff has its price. Can't see how I should afford to spend that amount of money on a chair in the next few years.
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Kathleen

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In my opinion, the Very chair series is one of the most beautiful and best detailed on the market. The Relate chair has nothing on it especially in terms of the visual and comfort level. I've waited a long time for a chair as simple, lightweight and elegant as this one. I was also impressed by the Chuck Anderson silk screen mesh back option they showed at Neocon. There's a pic of it on the site below:

http://design-milk.com/neocon-2010-day-1/
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Chris

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I don't get it. This chair seems identical to my Haworth Zody (which I love - best task chair on the market right now IMO and I've tried them all) in every way but looks. Is this a replacement for the Zody? An upgrade? A downgrade?
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Jason

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Um, Allsteel did all of this, including concealing the engineering years ago with the Relate chair.
http://www.allsteeloffice.com/allsteeloffice/products/seating/Relate/
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