Review: Knoll ReGeneration Desk Chair

Knoll’s ReGeneration desk chair. Photo by Ariel Zambelich/Wired

It’s difficult to get excited about office chairs. Especially now, with study after study claiming that sitting all day is killing you, and with every reputable source advising you to spend more time standing up and moving around than you spend sitting.

I’ve read all those articles, too, and I do plan on switching to a standing workstation very soon. I’ve even selected all the parts to convert my desk. So the irony is not lost on me that I’ve spent the last three months sitting in what is easily the most comfortable office chair I’ve ever used. It’s like a bad movie where the man meets the woman of his dreams on the eve of his wedding to another bride.

My little homewrecker of a desk chair is called the Knoll ReGeneration. It’s the furniture giant’s latest addition to its line of mesh-backed desk chairs with the Generation name — we reviewed the premium model last year.

Compared to the company’s previous Generation design, the ReGeneration is lighter, more compact, and less expensive. Knoll has also upped the treehugger quotient; the elastomer net on the back of the chair makes use of corn by-products, and the foam in the seat cushion is partially sourced from soy-based materials. The structural design is also very minimal, using as little plastic as possible and eschewing the shell that manufacturers commonly use to cover the innards. Almost half of each ReGeneration is made from recycled materials when you add it all up (44 percent if you choose the plastic base, and 48 percent if you choose the aluminum base, according to Knoll).

Source: http://www.wired.com/reviews/2012/08/knoll-regeneration/

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