Steelcase - Innovations

Innovations

• In the 1930s the company partnered with Frank Lloyd Wright to create task-oriented office furniture for the SC Johnson Wax building. The collection includes several desk variations to accommodate different tasks, and is still in use today.

• In 1953 Steelcase introduced color to office furniture to make offices more inspiring. Before then, office furniture traditionally came in military colors such as battleship grey.

• One of the first ergonomically designed chairs – "Sensor" – was a Steelcase innovation in 1986, available in three sizes to support different body types.

• In 1999 "Leap seating" was introduced with patented "LiveBack" technology that incorporated biomimicry of the human spine for superior support.

• In 2004 Steelcase introduced the "Think" chair, the first product to receive Cradle to Cradle CertificationCM from McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC)