Designer swivel chairs look fantastic and can really help reinforce your company’s image. This could not be truer if you are a design based industry. Designer chairs can also look good in other professions but they really do have to be well matched to their surroundings. Anything ‘designer’ in the wrong setting can look pretentious .If you have a home office and you want a designer chair then it is a little but easier. In the home environment a sensitively designed swivel chair can really become a focal point.
The one draw back with anything ‘designer’ is that one way or another going to cost you; if it doesn’t cost you in terms of money, it will cost you in terms of comfort. Conversely if you buy a cheap good looking chair you will probably sacrifice comfort. I say probably because this is not always the case, but you’ll definitely have to hunt for it.
What actually makes a swivel chair ‘designer’?
Sometimes a ‘celebrity; designer will collaborate with a manufacture to produce a special edition chair. By someone putting there name to a chair, does that make it designer?
Designer chairs are usually identifiable by there sleek lines and minimalist in style. Some may say that a designer object is one in which function follows form. I disagree with this though, in my opinion the term design means that every part of that chair should have been thought about and not only should it look good, it should also function perfectly. Not only this, but as designer, if I was putting my name to a chair I would want it to stand the test of time, and want it to operate in 30 years time as well as the day it was bought.
I would consider a swivel chair to have earnt its ‘designer’ status if it:
- Looked slightly different to all the other chairs out there.
- Used new materials or used traditional materials in an innovative manner.
- Was durable and therefore will operate effectively for years to come.
- Had been very carefully designed in terms of ergonomics so that it could be adjusted to fit as many different people as possible.
You may have gathered from reading this article that a ‘designer’ swivel chair isn’t going to leave you with a lot of change. If you get the right chair though it will last you for many years and may well work out to be a cost effective option.
