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Humanscale’s Horizon, ZŌN and Trea Honored with GOOD DESIGN® Awards

Humanscale’s Horizon LED task light, ZŌN personal air purifier and Trea chair have each earned a 2011 GOOD DESIGN Award.

Humanscale's Horizon and ZŌN Earn Prestigious GIO Awards

Humanscale’s Horizon LED task light and ZŌN personal air purifier have each earned Goed Industrieel Ontwerp (GIO) Awards, also known as the Good Industrial Design Awards.

Humanscale Products Honored by Interiors & Sources Readers' Choice Awards

Two Humanscale products have been honored by the Interiors & Sources Readers’ Choice: Best Products of 2011 Awards.

As Seen In
Axis Magazine: The Freedom Chair by Humanscale

(Axis Magazine, November/December 1999)

This article features Niels Diffrient and provides an inside look at how the Freedom chair works.

Fortune Small Business: Meet the 21st Century Stapler

(Fortune Small Business, June 2001) by Alan Cohen

In this insightful article about finding the right office furniture, the Freedom chair is spotlighted.

Metropolis Magazine: Aerons Apparent

(Metropolis Magazine, November 1999) by Dan Ferrara

This article compares Freedom to other task chairs, describing it as possessing "unassuming simplicity."

 

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