First, let's briefly introduce the SteelCase brand. SteelCase is a large-scale office furniture company with a century history in the United States. Many companies in the world's top 500 use their solutions, such as Nokia, General Electric, Motorola, etc., as well as many educational institutions, such as New York University. . Specific people go to their official website to see it, a detailed introduction. SteelCase has in-depth research on the office environment, including the location of outlets, the height setting of office partitions, etc., all to achieve a very good balance in office efficiency and personal privacy. Its design team mainly comes from France, while high-end products are mainly produced in Malaysia. Not so long ago, SteelCase had just failed to issue a survey of office workers in 17 countries and conducted an in-depth analysis of their different usage habits and needs.
SteelCase's product line is very complex, from the seat to the table, as well as a variety of office meeting rooms and even the overall design of the tea room. Its professionalism is not something that domestic companies can match. In terms of its seats, it can be roughly attributed to the following models:
Think
Think is an ergonomic and environmentally-friendly office chair introduced by Steelcase. It is full of understanding, understands your seating and makes intuitive adjustments. Think is the most widely used model for each company. It is positioned in the middle of the entire Steelcase product line. There are Gesture and Leap, Let's B and APT, and so on. Think's support for the hips and waist is very good. When you just sit down, you can feel the feeling of cushioning that has never been seen in other seats. It's very comfortable. Of course, it is not perfect, for example, even if equipped with a lumbar support, its support for the waist has exceeded most of the products on the market, but still not as good as Leap. In addition, since the design was a few years ago, when iPad and mobile office were not yet popular, Think was more suitable for computer work at the desk.
Gesture
Gesture launched by Steelcase is the first seat to promote efficient interaction between people and technology. Designed for the working model of today's people. Gesture is a high-end positioning product recently released by Steelcase in late 2013. It can meet the office needs of tablets, mobile phones and computers in different usage postures. Compared to Think, it gives the user more adjustment margins, and you can use the iPad for a long time without feeling tired. Of course, its main disadvantage is its high price. Quotes start at around RMB 5,000.
Leap
The Leap seat has a series of excellent adjustment functions that provide comprehensive support for users of all sizes and heights. Leap is the traditional classic model of Steelcase. Before the launch of Think and Gesture, Leap has always been the flagship product of Steelcase. Until now, it is still very popular. The price is between Gesture and Think. Leap provides excellent back support because of its unique structural design. Leap's design is unique in all of Steelcase's office chair products.
Let's B
Let's B seats achieve an economical balance between ensuring personal comfort, providing effective support, and allowing employees to personalize their expressions. Let's B series is Steelcase's product positioning in the SME market. Positioning the low end throughout the product line still provides a very comfortable sitting feel. The price is between 1000-2000 yuan stalls. Large companies like to use it as an office chair in a conference room.
The protagonist I want to introduce today is, of course, SteelCase's flagship product: the Think series office chair.
When Think was first introduced to the market, it had been highly sought after, received numerous design awards and ergonomic awards, and also included many patents.
You may find it strange that how could the author understand this? Will it be an insider of the office furniture industry? In fact, it is because the author's company uses this product. After sitting, it feels very good. It won't feel uncomfortable in the day. And if it is an ergonomic chair, it may take an hour to feel ass hurt.
Everyone's workstation is like this, pay attention to the location of the outlet, behind the phone, which is carefully designed. Including the height of the red baffle is to protect privacy, while the side of the glass, it helps to observe the outside world:
Here is the scene from delivery:
All is a new Think seat:
SteelCase also sent designers to give lectures:
Because the experience of using the company is very good, so prepare your own family to start a set.
With regard to the channels of purchase, the children's shoes of Magico and Royal Park are recommended to go directly to the official experience exhibition hall for experience and purchase. Value-friends in other cities can consult with authorized dealers. Currently in Chengdu, Xi'an, Zhengzhou, Kunming, Shenyang, Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Qingdao, Wuxi, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Guangzhou, Zhongshan, and Shenzhen have authorized dealers, you can check the official website on the line, so as not to say I advertise. Of course, Steelcase's flagship is still the corporate market. If your order quantity is too small, the dealer may refuse, and it will really take a chance.
The author finally chose Think, which according to Steelcase's sales, is also the best-selling model for their internal employees. Gesture's price is about twice that of Think, beyond the budget. Leap's price is about 1.5 times that of Think. At that time he was a bit hesitant to buy a Think, a Leap, and finally chose two Thinks for visual aesthetic unity (in fact, to save money). In terms of configuration, the most basic styles were adopted, and silver metal five-star feet were not used. Instead, it chose the cheapest plastic material. When the company was used, there was no lumbar support and no discomfort was felt. At the on-site test, the effect of the lumbar support was not very obvious. Therefore, although sales are highly recommended, I still did not have a lumbar support. This also saved 600 oceans for each chair.
The color of the chair's cushion and backrest is optional. I chose the green mat white back and the purple mat gray back. (Do not Tucao my aesthetic, I have a little regret!) Another point is very important, because the future of the use of the environment is the floor, it is necessary to change the default hard wheel for the soft wheel. After choosing the color and configuration, the payment will place an order. As some of the accessories were manufactured in a Malaysian factory, they were sent back to China for assembly (the specifics are unclear. Anyway, sales are such a flicker of me). Therefore, a total of approximately 2 months of lead time is required.
Received products:
Let's take a look at the details. Single weight 14.3KG, more than 90% of the entire chair uses degradable materials:
back:
Side mechanical structure:
Handrails are quite solid and can be adjusted individually
Can rotate at multiple angles:
The back of the metal support mesh surface, each metal's support force is different, this is a patented design:
bottom:
One more piece:
Hydraulic control mechanism, external steel frame, fine workmanship:
Control mechanism, the runner is used to control the third gear pressure, and the dial is used to adjust the height of the chair:
The actual experience is really good. The chair, sitting down for a moment, has a cushioning sensation that has never been seen in other office chairs. The price/performance of this product is very high. I have seen merchants sell more than 5,000 yuan on Taobao. The price is too huge.
Only half of the price of direct purchases from manufacturers is conscience. What is the concept of 2XXX's selling price? Even Marcus of IKEA IKEA should be 1299, and if you actually go to IKEA to sit and test it, you will find that Think and Marcus are completely two world products. Whether it is industrial design, materials used for work, or the actual sense of sitting, Marcus is thrown off a few streets. Not Tucao IKEA, but I can't be exaggerated to say that once you experience Think, you'd rather spend more than double the money and don't want Marcus.
As for some other domestic brands that are priced at 3,000+, they do not name names (these domestic brands look like a lot of gunmen and dare to provoke them). Although they weigh more than 30 kilograms, they all have steel structures, but they are actually sitting. That's it. Nowadays, in the shopping mall, a domestic branded office chair known as ergonomics, the low-end must be close to 2,000 or so. By comparison, Steelcase has been focusing on office furniture industry experts for more than one hundred years. The price of 2XXX is really conscience!
As for the products like Aeron and Embody, it's a real world. With a price of 81,000, personally feel that it's not worth it.