NEW YORK, January 5, 2009 — Humanscale Freedom and Liberty chairs can now be outfitted in Squiggle, a new textile by award-winning designer Lori Weitzner.

The high-performance patterned textile is part of Humanscale’s new Movement collection, teaming durability, sustainability and beauty to complement a wide variety of environments.

Composed of 100% recycled polyes...view full story

NEW YORK, December 19, 2008 — To support the growing international demand for its high-performance task seating, Humanscale has announced that Liberty chairs sold to customers in the Asia Pacific region will now be assembled in China.

In January 2009, Humanscale will begin production of the award-winning Liberty chair in an ISO 9001-certified facility in Shanghai—a move t...view full story

NEW YORK, November 26, 2008 — Humanscale is expanding its environmental commitment with a new initiative aimed at protecting a rich and diverse ecosystem. Through a three-year, $750,000 sponsorship of a new World Wildlife Fund program, Humanscale will help prevent the destruction of one of the last pristine wilderness areas of southeast Asia. The region, occupying nearly 1.5 mi...view full story

NEW YORK, November 24, 2008 – To help support Humanscale’s global customer base, the leading manufacturer and distributor of office furniture in Australia has strengthened its partnership with Humanscale by adding a production assembly line for Humanscale’s Liberty chair.

Schiavello, a top 200 privately owned Australian company, is now assembling the Liberty chair at its ...view full story

NEW YORK, October 31, 2008 — Humanscale’s Diffrient Work Light II is featured in this month's issue of Buildings Magazine as a Citation of Excellence Winner in Building’s annual Product Innovations Awards.

A versatile task light featuring a traditional screw-in socket to support a wide variety of bulbs, including the latest environmentally conscious compact fluorescent ...view full story

New York, October 24, 2008 — Humanscale products continue to be a favorite among Hollywood set designers, as Freedom and Liberty seating, Diffrient Lights and M7 Monitor Arms have been chosen to adorn the sets of two dozen feature films and prime time television shows in the coming year. Drew Barrymore, Robert De Niro, Robin Williams and John Travolta are just a few of the star...view full story

New York, October 22 2008 — Humanscale will introduce the M2 Monitor Arm at Orgatec 2008 in Cologne, Germany. Offering the slimmest profile available for a monitor arm, the M2 boasts sleek good looks as well as a universal mount to suit any work surface. Designed to support flat panel monitors weighing 8 to 20 pounds (4 to 9 kilograms), the M2 simultaneously clears usable space...view full story

New York, October 22 2008 — Humanscale will introduce the new Paramount, a multiple-monitor display system supporting one to eight flat panel monitors on a single parabolic mount, at Orgatec 2008 in Cologne, Germany. Intended primarily for trading applications, Paramount’s unique dual folding-crossbar design and integrated upper row enable time- and money-saving reconfiguration...view full story

New York, October 10, 2008 — To support its growing international customer base, Humanscale has opened a showroom in Hong Kong. The new showroom is Humanscale’s first in Asia, and is an important part of Humanscale’s international expansion. International sales comprised 23% of the company’s total sales in 2007, a figure expected to increase in 2008.

Located on Central, H...view full story

LONDON, September 18, 2008—Humanscale’s new London showroom on Northburgh Street in the heart of the Clerkenwell District will be among the sites highlighted by this month’s Designers’ Saturday showcase. The event, scheduled for 26 – 27 September, aims to inspire and offer insights into the depth of the design world with exhibitor installations, prototypes, and staging of unconventional ...view full story

NEW YORK, July 11, 2008 — Humanscale’s award-winning Switch Mouse is now available for purchase at a list price of $120. The revolutionary mousing solution features unprecedented ergonomic design to improve comfort and safety for computer users.

The Switch Mouse offers two new innovations—a V-shaped base, which minimizes wrist pronation, and a navigation dish that reduces muscle activity ...view full story

NEW YORK, June 27, 2008 — Humanscale’s much anticipated, award-winning Cinto chair is now available for purchase. The innovative and environmentally conscious stacking chair fills a gap for ergonomically designed, mid-priced stackable seating.

Cinto’s novel and patent-pending design and manufacturing innovations set a new bar for the category. While most stacking chairs are not conducive ...view full story

NEW YORK, June 12, 2008 — Humanscale’s NeatLinks is a Grand Prize Winner in the Computer Solutions category in Buildings Magazine’s 2008 Product Innovation Awards. The award recognizes the new cable management system as one of the most innovative solutions to today’s facilities challenges. Buildings will feature NeatLinks in the October 2008 issue and on the publicatio...view full story

NEW YORK, June 27, 2008 — Humanscale Healthcare introduces the V3 Wall Station, a wall-mounted, track-based technology product designed to support a CPU, monitor and keyboard/mouse in a highly adjustable and compact solution. The revolutionary design teams ergonomic comfort and safety with maximum space savings to provide easy computer access in healthcare environments.

The V3 allows for ...view full story

NEW YORK, June 28, 2008 — Humanscale Freedom and Liberty chairs can now be outfitted with Bridget Stripe, a stylish and sustainable new textile by award-winning designer Elizabeth Whelan. The high-performance patterned textile—part of Humanscale’s new Movement collection—teams durability, sustainability and beauty to complement a wide variety of environments.

Inspired by Bridget Riley’s o...view full story

NEW YORK, June 27, 2008 — Humanscale introduces the Diffrient Work Light II, an effortlessly adjustable and beautiful task lighting solution designed to offer maximum versatility and support environmentally friendly compact fluorescent technology.

The Diffrient Work Light II accommodates the latest-generation compact fluorescent bulbs, which use one-fourth the energy of comparable incande...view full story

NEW YORK, June 27, 2008 — Humanscale introduces NeatLinks, a new cable management system designed to neatly house and route cables, power strips and ballasts (bricks).  NeatLinks help keep under-the-desk areas clear of the messy and tangled cables and wires commonly found in today’s workplaces.

Designed by the award-winning Humanscale Design Studio, NeatLinks can be mounted in any direct...view full story

NEW YORK, June 27, 2008 — Humanscale will unveil its redesigned Merchandise Mart showroom, which has doubled in size to accommodate the company’s growing product selection and new Hospitality and expanded Healthcare divisions, during the NeoCon World’s Trade Fair 2008 in Chicago. The improvements are part of Humanscale’s continued growth and follow a 2007 year-over-year sales increase of 23.4%....view full story

NEW YORK, May 16, 2008 — Humanscale’s annual Faces in the Wild art auction and fundraiser generated a total donation of $150,000 for World Wildlife Fund. The May 13, 2008, event raised a record-setting $75,000 in bids and donations alone—more than five times the sum collected during the 2007 event. That amount was matched by Humanscale and presented to WWF.

More than 200 guests attended t...view full story

NEW YORK, May 2, 2008 — Humanscale will kick off an online preview of the eighth annual Faces in the Wild fundraiser on May 5, 2008. Online bidding will precede a cocktail party and live and silent art auctions scheduled for May 13, 2008, in Humanscale’s New York City showroom.

Prestigious artists and designers—including Yves Behar, Black + Blum, Scott Henderson, Karim Rashid, Marcel Wan...view full story

NEW YORK, May 1, 2008 — Humanscale announces that sales revenues in 2007 reached $184 million, a year-over-year increase of 23.4%.

Says Humanscale Founder and CEO Bob King, “Our success in 2007 was driven by a combination of well-received new product launches, growth within existing markets, and expansion into new markets, namely healthcare and hospitality.”

New products launched in...view full story

NEW YORK, April 25, 2008 — Humanscale’s eighth annual Faces in the Wild art auction and design competition will take place on May 13, 2008, from 5:30 – 8:00 p.m., in the company’s New York City showroom. All proceeds from the event will be matched by Humanscale and donated to World Wildlife Fund, the leader in international efforts to protect endangered species and their habitats.

Author ...view full story

NEW YORK, April 22, 2008 — Buildings magazine will feature Humanscale’s Diffrient Work Light II—an Editors’ Choice, Top Product Pick for 2008—in its June 2008 issue. An innovative and environmentally conscious design, the Diffrient Work Light II was selected as one of the most intriguing and innovative products available to the publication’s readers for ...view full story

NEW YORK, March 17, 2008 — TreeHugger.com—a leading source for green news, solutions and product information—has commended Humanscale for using a significant percentage of recycled materials in a majority of their product lines.  

The article, “Enough Already. ‘Recyclable’ is Not Recycling,” advocates the importance of repurposing recycled aluminum, which saves 95% of the energy and 95% i...view full story

NEW YORK, February 22, 2008 — The Museum of Modern Art is featuring the Humanair air purifier by Humanscale in its exhibition, Design and the Elastic Mind, from February 24 to May 12, 2008 in New York City. Humanair joins more than 200 designs on display that merge scientific research with human limitations, habits and aspirations.

The Environmenta...view full story

NEW YORK, February 15, 2008 — A newly expanded Humanscale Healthcare will debut at the HIMSS08 Conference and Exhibition. A division of Humanscale, the world’s leading ergonomic solutions provider, Humanscale Healthcare designs and manufactures ergonomic equipment to boost comfort and safety for employees in healthcare environments such as hospitals, surgical centers, physician practices, long-...view full story

NEW YORK, February 15, 2008 — Humanscale Healthcare will preview the V3 Articulating Wall Mount computer solution at the HIMSS08 Conference & Exhibition. The revolutionary design teams ergonomic comfort and safety with maximum space savings to provide easy computer access in compact healthcare environments.

The V3 allows for instant, effortless ergonomic adjustment of monitor and keyb...view full story

NEW YORK, February 15, 2008 — Humanscale Healthcare will unveil the T5-3—the Phase 3 design of the T5 Point-of-Care Technology Cart—at the HIMSS08 Conference & Exhibition. Now featuring improved cable management and sleek new aesthetics, the T5-3 teams unmatched mobility and comfort with a high-performance power system for both laptops and PCs.

Available exclusively through ...view full story

NEW YORK, January 28, 2008 — Humanscale introduces Design Smart Seminars, a series of educational events developed to provide Humanscale customers and members of the A&D community with relevant and enlightening information. Seminars currently scheduled include topics on building green, design and human behavior research, and office ergonomics.

Humanscale Director of A&D North Amer...view full story

NEW YORK, January 16, 2008 — Humanscale is now accepting animal-inspired artwork to auction at their eighth annual Faces in the Wild event. The live auction and design competition, aimed at raising awareness and funds for wildlife protection, is scheduled for May 13, 2008, in Humanscale’s New York showroom.

Artists and designers are encouraged to donate original art in any tangible mediu...view full story

NEW YORK, January 8, 2008 — The Platinum 5G Keyboard System, the first all-silver keyboard solution in the office furniture market, is now available. Humanscale bundles its top-of-the-line keyboard system components—the 5G mechanism, standard keyboard platform with Clip Mouse, plus gel palm support and gel mouse pad—in a stylish Platinum color scheme.

The Platinum 5G is designed to boost ...view full story

NEW YORK, December 27, 2007 — Humanscale’s Paramount Multi-Monitor Display System and Switch Mouse have earned prestigious 2007 GOOD DESIGN® Awards from the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. The oldest competition of its kind, GOOD DESIGN has evaluated entries based on innovation, form, materials and construction, concept, function, utility and aesthetic appeal since 1950. I...view full story

NEW YORK, December 11, 2007 — Humanscale kicked off the holiday season on December 6, 2007, playing host to more than 600 guests in the Star Lounge at the legendary Hotel Chelsea. The Humanscale sales team and members of New York’s architecture and design community enjoyed the festive atmosphere and terrific company at the hot-ticket soiree.

Attendees, including representatives from more...view full story

NEW YORK, December 5, 2007 — The International Forum Design has honored Humanscale’s Switch Mouse with its eighth prestigious design recognition, a 2008 iF Product Design Award. Dedicated to raising public awareness of and celebrating excellent design, the iF competition has recognized superior designs for more than 50 years. This year, the international panel of experts evaluated 2,771 product...view full story

NEW YORK, November 16, 2007 — The Consumer Electronics Association has recognized Humanscale’s Switch Mouse with an Innovations 2008 Design and Engineering Award. An honoree in the Computer Peripherals category, the Switch Mouse competed against other entries designed to connect to, and extend the functionality of desktop or portable computer systems. The awards program—judged by a panel of ind...view full story

NEW YORK, November 5, 2007 — Humanscale’s M7 Flat Panel Monitor Arms reduce Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) symptoms and musculoskeletal discomfort, and enhance workstation utilization and satisfaction, reports a 2007 study by Cornell University.

M7 users experienced fewer CVS symptoms, including a 45% drop in eyestrain frequency, a 22% decrease in “tired eyes” and a 7% decrease in headac...view full story

NEW YORK, October 25, 2007 — Thanks in part to a Humanscale donation in September 2007, the University of Minnesota is improving search features on InformeDesign, a free online research and communications tool for design professionals. Humanscale first demonstrated its support for InformeDesign with a donation in 2006. In addition to conducting full-text searches of more than 1,800 Research Sum...view full story

NEW YORK, October 16, 2007 — The Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization has recognized Humanscale’s Switch Mouse with a 2007 Good Design Award in its Product Design category. JIDPO’s Good Design Awards is Japan’s only evaluation and award program that recognizes design. Also known as the G-Mark, this top nod draws consumer attention to products that improve lives and advance industrial ...view full story

NEW YORK, October 18, 2007 — The 2007 International Design Awards has named Humanscale Healthcare’s T5 Point-of-Care Technology Cart the Industrial and Life Science Design First Category Winner. The T5 also earned first prize in the iDA Medical/Scientific Machinery category. The artists and entrepreneurs who created and judge iDA strive to recognize and celebrate visionary designers in architec...view full story

NEW YORK, October 15, 2007 — Humanscale’s Cinto has picked up four prestigious awards. The 2007 International Design Awards named the stacking chair its Product Design of the Year. In addition, Cinto was a First Category Winner and first-place finisher in the Interior Furniture category. The Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization also recognized Cinto with a 2007 Good Design Award in it...view full story

NEW YORK, October 5, 2007 — Two new Humanscale innovations—the Switch Mouse and CPU600—picked up Gold Innovation Awards at the recent IIDEX/NeoCon Canada 2007 Exposition and Conference in Toronto. The Innovation Awards celebrate leading manufacturers and suppliers within the fields of design and architecture, recognizing their achievements in new product design. The Gold Award is the highest ho...view full story

NEW YORK, October 5, 2007 — Fast Company magazine has named Humanscale Design Director Manuel Saez among the newcomers “driving design forward” in its fourth annual report on the intersection of business and design. The “Masters of Design” feature in the October 2007 issue of Fast Company highlights the innovators and creators who are shaping design in business today, as well as the talents who...view full story

NEW YORK, May 1, 2007 — Humanscale, the premier designer and manufacturer of high-performance tools for the workplace, announces the launch of its hospitality division, which will give the growing hospitality market the opportunity to treat valued guests to the exceptional comfort and health benefits of ergonomically designed products.

Known for innovative and award-winning seating, monit...view full story

NEW YORK, September 14, 2007 — Humanscale Design Director Manuel Saez is among the distinguished industrial design industry leaders invited to speak at the upcoming Design and Sustainability Conference in Stockholm, Sweden. The September 24 – 25 event—presented by the Swedish Industrial Design Foundation (SVID) and the Finnish-Swedish Industrial Design Academy in cooperation with Electrolux—wil...view full story

New York, June 28, 2007 — Humanscale’s Monofilament Stripe textile has achieved the independent bluesign® environmental standard. The standard was developed by bluesign technologies ag, a Switzerland-based organization dedicated to ensuring that textiles and their production processes are environmentally friendly, create no health hazards, and conserve re...view full story

New York, June 28, 2007 — A selection of innovative Humanscale products will soon be featured in The Dream Home, a functioning residential showcase home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The project, officially titled The Dream Home; Evolution in Design and Technology, is designed to introduce the latest environmentally friendly and technologically advanced produc...view full story

New York, June 15, 2007 — Humanscale’s new Switch Mouse has picked up three noteworthy awards in recent weeks, including two top prizes at the recent NeoCon World’s Trade Fair 2007 in Chicago. The revolutionary new ergonomic mousing device earned both a Gold Award in the 2007 Best of NeoCon competition and a Grand Prize in the Product Innovations Awards presented by Buildings magazine. The Swit...view full story

New York, May 24, 2007 — Humanscale introduces the Paramount, a multiple-monitor display system supporting up to eight flat-panel monitors on a single mount. Primarily for trading applications and other environments utilizing multiple monitors, the Paramount allows users to view all screens at an ergonomically ideal height, angle and depth via a curved parabolic design, and offers effortless ad...view full story

New York — While sustainability has become a buzzword in the contract furniture industry, a commitment to the environment is not always integral to every facet of a product’s development and lifecycle. Humanscale, the premier manufacturer of high-performance seating and ergonomic tools for a more comfortable place to work, demonstrates an ongoing commitment to sustainability by keeping the envi...view full story

New York, May 7, 2007 — The Humanscale Design Studio will unveil a prototype of its new desking solution at the upcoming International Contemporary Furniture Fair in New York City. The Slim Desk is a revolutionary concept designed to offer space savings and integrated technology while supporting a suite of ergonomic tools for a healthy and comfortable workstation experience.

Designed to m...view full story

New York, May 23, 2007 — Humanscale’s award-winning L2 Notebook Manager received high marks in the Editors’ Choice Product Review Spotlight in the May 2007 issue of Buildings magazine.

The L2 received at least four stars (in a five-star scale) in all four rating criteria, including four stars in both “Functionality” and “Design,” and four and a half stars in “Ease of Use” and “Durability....view full story

New York, March 8, 2007 — The Humanscale Design Studio announces that it now provides complete industrial design services to third-party clients. The award-winning in-house design arm of Humanscale, the leading manufacturer of high-performance ergonomic work tools for the office environment, the Design Studio will promote its services and latest concepts in human factors design at the upcoming ...view full story

NEW YORK, April 23, 2007 — The Humanscale Switch Mouse has earned a Gold EID award in appliance DESIGN magazine’s 20th Annual Excellence in Design Competition. Humanscale’s T5 Point-of-Care Technology Cart was recognized with a Bronze EID. Designed by the Humanscale Design Studio, both products will be featured in the June 2007 issue of appliance DESIGN.

The Huma...view full story

NEW YORK, April 20, 2007 — Humanscale’s annual Faces in the Wild art auction brought in approximately $13,000 in bids—an amount matched by Humanscale for a total of $26,000—to benefit wildlife protection organizations. The April 12 reception and auction took place in Humanscale’s London showroom, and featured a rich jungle theme complete with lush foliage and live performers in elaborate wildli...view full story

NEW YORK, March 29, 2007 — With support from Humanscale, the U.S. Green Building Council has successfully achieved Platinum LEED status for its new headquarters. The collaboration not only led to the installation of a number of Humanscale products, but also set a new precedent in achieving an “Innovation and Design” credit in the area of ergonomics, setting the stage for the implementation of a...view full story

NEW YORK, April 3, 2007 — Legendary designer Niels Diffrient will join New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman for “Art Meets Design and Other Conundrums: Niels Diffrient and Michael Kimmelman in Conversation.” The Bard Graduate Center forum and reception is organized in association with the American-Scandinavian Foundation, and will take place on May 3, 2007, at the Scandinavia House locat...view full story

NEW YORK, March 30, 2007 — Bidding is underway on a select number of wildlife-themed pieces of original art in Humanscale’s seventh annual Faces in the Wild event. The Faces in the Wild online preview auction is now live and will supplement the upcoming live and silent auctions scheduled for April 12, 2007, in Humanscale’s London showroom.

2007 marks the seventh Faces in the Wild event, a...view full story

NEW YORK — The most ergonomically designed task light on the market is now available with a hospitality base for guest room applications. Humanscale’s award-winning Diffrient Light provides optimal task illumination for maximum ergonomic results, and when used in conjunction with compact fluorescent bulbs, can lend itself to cost-savings as well.

Task lighting provides ergonomic comfort b...view full story

March 22, 2007, NEW YORK — The upsurging interest in ergonomics was demonstrated at Humanscale’s most recent ErgoForum where audience numbers exceeded anticipated attendance. The March 21 roundtable event, themed “Design to Implementation,” was hosted in Los Angeles and featured a panel of local experts.

110 architects, designers, facilities managers, and health and safety professionals ...view full story