Gazette
Meeting Room Chairs: Comfort That Keeps Meetings Shorter
Chairs for the meeting room that suit an hour or two without inviting a third: usage ratings, seat and arm heights against your table, stacking and castors.
Heavy Duty and 24 Hour Chairs: Built for Proper Shifts
Control rooms, call centres and shared seats need chairs rated for round the clock use and higher weights. What the 24 hour rating covers, and when you do not need one.
Canteen and Dining Chairs: Hard Wearing Seats for the Hungriest Room
Wipe-clean finishes, stacking frames and seat heights that match the table: how Marcus picks canteen chairs that survive lunch rush after lunch rush.
Modular Seating: Build the Breakout You Actually Need
Modular office seating is bought as one object and used as one object, which wastes the point of it. Plan by module, corner and power unit instead.
Stacking and Folding Chairs: Seating That Disappears When You're Done
Stack height, weight, trolleys and linking clips: the four things that decide whether a stacking chair earns its cupboard, and when a folding chair is the better buy.
Draughtsman Chairs: For When Your Desk Is Taller Than Average
Counters, lab benches and standing-height desks need a taller seat and somewhere to put your feet. What makes a draughtsman chair different, and how to size one.
Visitor Chairs: Comfort for People Who Don't Stay All Day
Visitor chairs have a different job from task chairs: quick comfort, easy in and out, and fabric that forgives. How to choose one without paying for levers nobody will touch.
Ergonomic Chairs vs Task Chairs: Where the Money Goes
What the ergonomic badge should mean before a chair earns the extra money, and where a plain task chair does the same job for a third of the price.
Soft Seating: Where People Actually Want to Sit
Tub chairs, two-seaters and modular stools all look inviting in a photograph. Here is how to match office soft seating to what the space is actually for.
Cantilever Chairs: The Meeting Room Workhorse
The cantilever frame has no back legs, no casters and nothing much to break, which is why it still fills most meeting rooms. Here is what to check before you order a dozen.
Executive Chairs: Comfort, Presence, and the Leather Question
Padding depth, recline, and the three different things sold as leather. Plus the point at which a plain mesh chair is the better buy, even in a smart office.
Mesh Office Chairs: Breathable, Light, and Occasionally Misunderstood
What mesh backs genuinely do well, why the complaints are usually about the frame rather than the mesh, and how to pick one that survives full days.