When the initial concept of ergonomic office furniture was developed in the late 1960s and early 70s it was met with immense skepticism as users were expected to load themselves onto this quirky looking chair design that require them to balance precariously without the assistance of a chair back and their legs tucked beneath them. As the seventies moved onward ergonomic office furniture continued to be scoffed that and was pushed to the back of sales and innovation efforts. Enter the nineties where baby boomers begin to feel a bit of age and searches for any type of a work environment aid that allows reduction of muscle and back fatigue are constant. Just as we required our automobile seats to have a Recaro design that allows for lumbar support, we now needed soft comfortable chairs that accommodated our lesser strength and greater girth.
Enter the new generation of office furniture. Although these chairs and desks show no markedly visible design changes, they are inherently equipped to support our older lower backs with cleverly designed lumbar and armrest elements. Even unsuspected items such as the common office desk have been recreated to allow for proper line of sight to computer monitors and exact distance to computer keyboards.