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HermanMiller SAYL CHAIRS Live Unframed People at their best live unframed, going beyond expectations to With SAYL, we set out to design and build a chair family that gives form to that spirit. Working with designer Yves Béhar, we created a design as affordable

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Béhar began by looking at examples of design that deliver the most with the least. He wondered: Can the same principles that suspend a bridge over water be applied to a chair? The answer

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3D Intelligent Technology ™ Our work with Yves Béhar achieved a breakthrough in seating technology. The SAYL full-suspension back is literally frameless. It encourages a full range of movement while seated, supporting the body all the while. No frame means no hard edges. Support is molded directly into the strands, more in areas that need it, less elsewhere for freer movement. Vertical (A) and horizontal (B) elastomer strands vary in thickness. The strands provide appropriate levels of support and flex for the spine.

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SAYL Family Our passion for finding better ways for everyone to sit guided the development of SAYL Our effort resulted in a family of chairs. Work chairs in a mid-high back feature the 3D Intelligent suspension. Upholstered work chairs include mid- and high-back models. Side chairs—in four-leg or sled base—come in suspension, upholstered, 3D Intelligent Suspension Back Upholstered Back Suspension Back Upholstered Back Plastic Back

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Work Chair with Suspension Back Work Chair with Upholstered Back 4-Leg Stacking Side Chair with Upholstered Back Sled Base Side Chair with Suspension Back

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Color Your World SAYL color choices contribute to the chair's visual lightness and transparency. And give you plenty of room for personal expression. The organic shape of the SAYL back makes it elegant anywhere, from office to home.

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For over 75 years, we've immersed seating. SAYL reflects that passion in the inventive ways it supports Work Chairs Suspension : Upholstered Y-Tower™ structure the upholstered work chair suspension. That gives the upholstered chaira healthy balance between support An optional lumbar support for the upholstered work chair provides adjustment over a four-inch range. Height-adjustable arms move vertically over a four-inch range. Fully adjustable arms move vertically, as well as front to back and inward and Support is molded directly into the 3D Intelligent back material. That support is...

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Eco-Dematerialised " Design In creating SAYL, we used fewer materials in inventive ways to make the chair attainable for more people. Fewer parts and less material ultimately mean less cost and a smaller carbon footprint needed to make SAYL chairs. And, we produce them on three continents to cut the distance between factory and buyer. When not blanket wrapped for shipment, SAYL chairs ship ready to assemble in half-sized boxes. Sculpted Strength The Y-Tower structure is sculpted and hollowed out to achieve the most strength with the least amount Essential Forms Controls are expressive and...

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• Up to 93 percent recyclable; contains • Eco-dematerialised™ design uses fewer materials in inventive ways . MBDC Cradle-to-Cradles» Silver, GREENGUARD®, and level™ 3 certified Designer: Yves Béhar General Dimensions SIDE CHAIR SAYL CHAIRS hermanmiller.com/sayl . The 3D Intelligent™ suspension back gives freedom of movement and proper support. . A simple design and expressive color choices let SAYL slip elegantly into . Being inventive yielded a chair that achieves a higher standard while usins fewer materials. . As affordable as it is original, SAYL typifies our belief that everyone...

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