Diffrient was born in rural Mississippi in 1928 and grew up in Detroit. He attended Cass Technical High School and Wayne State University and then graduated from Cranbrook Academy of Art where he ...

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 ...

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 ...

There are few things that manage to live on my desk for more than a couple of months. There are even fewer that I'll upgrade to permanent status. Humanscale's Neat Suite of products and their ...

Humanscale is the first company to ever obtain full Living Product Challenge Certification offered by the International Living Future Institute, which they achieved for not only one, but two products.

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 ...

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: 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.

Since it was founded in 1983, furniture maker Humanscale has garnered numerous design awards and media accolades for its inventive approach to creating truly simple, yet high performing, chairs, ...