Design legend Niels Diffrient is set to speak at Design for Humans, a forum on user-centered design hosted by the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum on Thursday, February 25, 2010. Winner of the prestigious National Design Award, Diffrient will appear with other National Design Award winners and finalists who have been recognized for their contributions [...]
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Humanscale Sells One Million Freedom Chairs
July 17, 2009 – 2:22 pm
Humanscale has sold one million Freedom chairs by designer Niels Diffrient. At the time of Freedom’s launch in 2001, Humanscale was a $44 million company — a very small player in the contract furniture industry — and notably, one that had never before sold a chair. Behind eight-plus years of Freedom sales, however, Humanscale topped [...]
Scene at NeoCon: Niels Diffrient at Humanscale
June 18, 2009 – 10:30 am
Niels Diffrient at Humanscale where he launched the Diffrient Technology Light and his new ergonomic task chair, the Diffrient World Chair, which consists of only 8 major parts and weighs less than 25 pounds. When asked what’s next, Diffrient says “It’s a secret.” Full production of the Diffrient World Chair will begin in July and [...]
Humanscale Introduces The Diffrient World Chair
May 21, 2009 – 10:38 am
Humanscale and one of our favorite 3 Questions participants, Niels Diffrient, have introduced a new ergonomic task chair. The Diffrient World Chair has just 80 parts overall — less than one-third the parts of traditional task chairs. Its light weight and minimal-part design significantly reduce its environmental impact by requiring less raw material and fewer [...]
