Second, these are quality pieces of furniture offered by a respected company in the industry. You’ll pay a premium for European design and manufacture, but of course, it’s also true that you get what you pay for. An Impressive Warranty, But There’s a Catch In our minds, this model is tied with the Wing Balans as our second favorite design.We readily admit that this strange looking design won’t be for everyone, but it’s easily the most versatile piece of furniture Varier makes. Versatile and Multifunctional

In 1979, renowned Norweigan industrial designer Peter Opsvik created the furniture design that is now recognized as one of the 50 furniture designs that changed the world: the Variable balans kneeling chair. Perhaps the best thing about this chair is the deceptive simplicity of its design. Its shape and the way the chair is engineered provide superb ergonomic support, and once you’ve adjusted to sitting in a kneeling chair, you’ll find that you can use it for long periods every day without discomfort.Perfect for home or work, our kneeling chairs promote a sitting position with open body angles, and they keep important core muscles activated. Furthermore, Opsvik’s open design, free of mechanical parts, allows you to easily assume a wide variety of sitting postures. This last item is ideal for people who plan to use their chair on a hardwood floor. Without the addition of soft tape, inevitably, as you use the chair, it will produce scuff marks on your pretty flooring.

Revive - 100% Recycled polyester - Varier's entry Level Fabric. Hard wearing, but not as soft on the skin as other options. If you wear shorts or skirts in summer we suggest an upgrade to something softer like Forest Nap, Divina or Dinamica. Noir (Semi Aniline):Noiris a versatile leather boasting a smooth surface texture and a matt look with a subtle shine. As a Semi-aniline, full-grain leather, the natural markings are visible, adding authenticity and originality. Are you looking for home or office furniture that makes a statement, even as it provides a comfortable seating experience? The instantly recognizable Variable balans is THE original kneeling chair. Building from his seminal research and thinking on ergonomic seating and kneeling chairs, in 1991, Opsvik introduced Thatsit, which is an evolution of the iconic Variable balans.Re-Wool: Crafted using 45% recycled wool, Re-wool is a rich upholstery textile with a sustainable profile. The textile is partly made by reusing scraps from Kvadrat’s yarn spinners in the UK.

To qualify for the certification, a chair must be designed in such a way that using the chair increases the number of calories burned by at least ten percent as compared with the Mayo Clinic’s baseline. NEAT stands for “ Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis,” which is a measure of motion people who are not engaged in exercise make that contribute to better health and more burned calories. This is one of the company’s oldest designs, developed in the ’80s by Per Oie, and has set the standard in non-traditional ergonomic seating design since it burst onto the marketplace. The Varier Balans chair comes with a 7 year warranty for the wood frame. The foam used to fill up the seating and knee pads have 5 years of warranty. I'm a Variable Balans believer after my experience with this chair. Ergonomic, beautifully crafted and built to accommodate your sitting preferences, the kneeling chair is paradoxically both one-size-fits-all and custom made.Given everything we said above, we provisionally recommend the Varier chairs (although as you read in our individual product descriptions, certain models got a strong recommendation from us). People who buy a chair this company will do so primarily because they love the look of one of the designs. It speaks to them in a way that traditional office furniture simply doesn’t. While it would be overselling it to say that the Varier Gravity Balans chair is downright ugly, it would be a hard sell to convince anyone that it was an attractive design. In this case, it’s clear that the designers put the vast bulk of their emphasis on functionality and paid relatively little attention to form. One more thing to take into consideration, Varier has a 14 days return policy, but it doesn’t apply to customers from the US.