Dezeen Showroom: work and leisure combine in designer Niels Diffrient's eponymous lounge chair for furniture brand Humanscale. The Diffrient lounge chair invites relaxed, supported sitting with its ...

Niels Diffrient, who passed away last Saturday at 84, is unanimously called the godfather of ergonomics. He championed function and comfort as the most important principles of design–made evident in ...

The final project from famed designer Niels Diffrient, the Diffrient Lounge is made for work and play in high-budget homes. Rummaging through old magazines at Humanscale's headquarters near Bryant ...

“It’s my intent to make design a more consequential endeavor, not a decorative endeavor.” Thus spoke the industrial designer Niels Diffrient in a 2003 interview with The New York Times. Among ...

Niels Diffrient, an industrial designer who combined elegance and efficiency in everyday objects, including telephones, cameras, airplane interiors and, late in his life, office chairs that adjusted ...

Dezeen Showroom: Humanscale has reimagined its Diffrient Smart office chair, created by the late American industrial designer Niels Diffrient, using plastic made from recycled fishing nets. Called ...

Niels Diffrient, internationally revered industrial designer and author, died on Saturday at his home. He was 84. A Ridgefield resident for 32 years, Diffrient is best known for his industrial design ...

The US manufacturer of ergonomic office equipment Humanscale wanted to produce a chair with as few parts as possible, making it lighter to transport and quicker to assemble. Standard task chairs – ...

If you’re sitting in a comfortable chair, you probably owe a word of thanks to Niels Diffrient. The American industrial designer was a pioneer in the field of ergonomics, making products designed to ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. An interview of Niels Diffrient conducted 2010 July 28 and August 31, by Matilda McQuaid, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman ...

NEW YORK — Niels Diffrient — an industrial designer who combined elegance and efficiency in everyday objects, including telephones, cameras, airplane interiors, and, late in his life, office chairs ...

$15,000 is a lot to spend on a lounge chair – but Humanscale’s Diffrient Lounge is, well, different. Inspired by the work-from-home revolution, jump-started by the global COVID pandemic, the Diffrient ...