Variér Furniture to Show in High Point

March 13, 2012  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in on March 14, 2012 Variér Furniture, a supplier of contemporary and ergonomically designed seating, will be showing at the upcoming High Point Market for the first time.

The company's showroom is in space 302 in 220 Elm.

The high end line of task, office, lounge, and dining chairs is designed and manufactured in Norway, where Variér, formerly Stokke, has invested in ergonomy, the applied science of product design for the workplace and other work/life environments.
 
€œVariér products give retailers and interior designers highly specialized seating features to sell to their customers and clients,€ said Ed Miano, president, Variér USA. €œThe health and comfort benefits are real because they positively impact people€™s lives and daily activities. Our goal is to help buyers capitalize on the very unique value our products can deliver in a segment of the industry that is growing. €

In its 220 Elm showroom, Variér USA will exhibit best-sellers and new items from two collections: Human Design and Human Instruments. The first group, Human Design, includes contemporary and ultra-modern lounge, dining, and bar seats. A special limited edition of the curvaceous lounge chair Planet, designed by Sven Ivar Dysthe and introduced in Europe in 1965, will be shown in its original retro fabrics and seen for the first time in the U.S. at High Point Market. Pause Club is a new lounge chair style worth noting, with its space age-like angles and minimalist frame.

The Human Instruments collection is anchored by Variable balans, the first kneeling chair for natural spine alignment, conceived in the late 1970s by Scandinavian designer Peter Opsvik. The original €œbackless€ task chair pioneered the entire ergonomic seating movement. The silhouette of new desk chair Active allows the user a full back and chest cavity stretch during periodic work breaks.

Move, another new item, is a task stool that adjusts for seat height and accommodates 360-degree movements while engaging the user€™s core muscles. Move is ideal for standing workstations, which are gaining popularity in both home and work settings, as well as among anyone seeking improvement in mental functions while working. Variér has received recognition and national media coverage for its role in a comprehensive 2011 study of ADD/ADHD children which determined that €œmovement while sitting€ aids in concentration and cognitive ability.