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Gesture Aims to Be the Best Chair for 21st Century Posture

Video Credit: Steelcase

We hear that sitting is the new smoking. That is a problem, because many of us sit a lot. Which of course means we slouch, hunch, lean and generally have awful posture. Chairs however have always been designed with the idea in mind that the users will be sitting, with good posture, at a desk for no more than a few hours. Today that is not necessarily the case. You might prop your feet up and rest your laptop on your legs, or lean in on your elbows to look down at a tablet. Maybe you have adopted the “computer pose,” with your shoulders hunched inward and forward towards your monitors.

Designed by a team of scientists who started from scratch, the Gesture Chair was created with all sorts of postures in mind. In fact, manufacturer Steelcase conducted a study observing over 2,000 individuals and their behaviors in order to create a chair that would support the habits of a 21st century person. 

gesture chair

Steelcase identified a total of nine new postures, naming them things like “The Cocoon,” “The Multi-Device,” and “The Take It In.” Here in the JustLuxe offices, we have no shortage of slouchers and leaners, so we figured that taking the chair for a spin was a good plan.

The chair does not look especially unique. There is no funky ergonomic design that forces you into a certain position. Instead it offers simple knobs and adjusters, with one major difference: the extent to which they work. Height adjustment is more precise, the seat slides forward and backwards independent of the back. The armrests go up, down, forward, back, right and left. You can lock the chair in an upright position or lean way (and we mean waaay) back. Pretty much every way we tried it, muscles and bones felt supported. And when one position started to feel a little tired, the chair adjusts well to whatever changes you would like to make. 

gesture chair

Both chair testers (who each had the chair for over a week and both suffer from desk posture-related pains), reported feeling better. Each guinea pig felt their posture was improved while sitting in the chair "normally," but perhaps more importantly both felt that it had in fact improved the way they felt over the course of a work week. The only complaint? A headrest would be nice. 

If you are tired of the “typical” office chair, we would recommend giving the Gesture a whirl. The chair retails for $994 and can be purchased in over a dozen colors. 

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