Spending 9-to-5 behind a computer? You need The Sayl office chair!
It made more than one appearance the “Hunger Games” franchise. The game makers who control the Hunger Games sit in a control room furnished with white and steel Sayl chairs. More about Sayl office chair below.
It also pops up in the Google-esque Hooli office in HBO’s “Silicon Valley.”, as Business Insider wrote.
Created by legendary industrial designer Yves Béhar, the Sayl chair has become one of the hottest seats in Silicon Valley. The $499 chair juggles ergonomic design and aesthetics, making it a desirable piece of office furniture for those who spend their 9-to-5 behind a computer.
The chair draws inspiration from the city of its birth, San Francisco.
When Béhar, founder of industrial design firm Fuseproject, set out to create an affordable, high-design office chair, he wanted to use as few materials as possible to cut costs and waste. He looked to the Golden Gate Bridge, an architectural marvel that delivers strength and durability despite using less material than other bridge types.
The “less is more” principle is a cornerstone of suspension bridge engineering.
Béhar applied the concept behind the Golden Gate Bridge to the desk chair. The Sayl uses a single sheet of urethane, a type of plastic known for its elasticity and high load-bearing capacity, for the back. It has no hard edges, Fast Company’s Cliff Kuang reports.
“The urethane sheet itself has varying densities all along its length — so that you get a softer feel around the shoulders and edges, but stiffer support around the spine,” Kuang writes.
The design strikes a healthy balance between support and freedom to stretch in all directions.
Every Herman Miller SAYL chair promises: sayl office chair
- Premium quality product
- ‘Intelligent Suspension’ backrest
- Choice of upholstered seat fabrics
- Herman Miller Tilt mechanism
- Tilt tension control
- Seat height adjustment
- Tilt Limiter
- Optional Forward Tilt
- Optional fixed or adjustable arms with a choice of armpad colours
- Optional sliding seat depth adjustment
- Optional, additional lumbar support
- Choice of frame & base colour combinations
- Extended height chairs available via telephone orders
- Upholstered backrest available via telephone orders
- 93% recyclable materials
- Manufacturing is ISO14001 certified
The Sayl went through 70 iterations before landing on its final look. You can buy it in black or white on Amazon or customize your own on Herman Miller’s online store.
It’s also the chair of choice at Béhar’s debut coworking space, Canopy, located in San Francisco’s Pacific Heights.
