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 ...

Dezeen Showroom: workplace furniture brand Humanscale has launched the Smart Conference chair – an adaptation of a classic office seating design by the late industrial designer Niels Diffrient.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--This year marks the twentieth anniversary of Niels Diffrient’s Freedom chair. Launched by Humanscale, the Freedom chair revolutionized the seating industry as the first ever ...

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 ...

The death of the industrial designer Niels Diffrient as noted by this New York Times obituary is still hard to believe, given his vitality and productivity at 84. I've already noted here how many ...

Dezeen Showroom: the Freedom Headrest was developed by the late American industrial designer Niels Diffrient for Humanscale as a "truly ergonomic task chair" that automatically adapts to its user.

*Fantastic. The guy is 81 years old. He's like a vast, spreading oak tree. He's such a titan of industrial design that I feel not one whiff of embarrassment in posting his product ads wholesale! NEW ...

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 ...