Bosses are without doubt the best reason to set up your own business.
Bosses, however, buy your office chair when you work for them. Set up on your own and you are forced to buy your own seat.
And for far too many of us the first steps in an independent working life lead us to a supplier of cheap mass-produced furniture.
The normal reason given is cost: well made and intelligently designed furniture costs more than a generic piece loosely based on the form of the well made and intelligently designed chair.
An initially that is correct.
However, not only is the life expectancy of the cheaper chair much lower than that of the designer article, but the sitting comfort is normally also lower, which can adversely affect your productivity.
And so taking along term view, a designer office chair often proves the better investment.
And so why not use Christmas as a convenient excuse to treat your home office, and yourself, to an ergonomic and environmentally responsible office chair?
The Italian designer Alberto Meda has been creating office chairs for Vitra since the 1990s, and one of his most successful products, the MedaPal, is now available with both an extra guarantee of its environmental safety and at an extra low price.
With the Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certificate, the MedaPal has been tested for the emissions from the materials and certified as being within safe limits of, for example, aldehyde and volatile organic compound emissions; meaning your chair will not adversely affect either you or your working environment. Not something that can be said of all cheaper products. The Greeguard Certificate can be found here.
In addition the MedaPal is 94% recyclable, and so when it's active life is at an end it will not unnecessarily contribute to the growing waste problem in Europe.
Not that it's active life will end quickly - in addition to the 10 year Vitra guarantee all major components can be exchanged ensuring quality seating comfort for a period longer than you can possibly plan your companies growth and expansion.
The MedaPal also comes with an EN 1335 Seal of ergonomic approval, ensuring a comfortable and healthy sitting experience, and a choice lumber support options, armrest combinations and materials guaranteed to suit your individual requirements.
And that with a current price reduction of over 25%
All of which makes the Vitra MedaPal one of the most intelligent office chair purchases currently available.
And undoubtedly the best gift for your home office this Christmas.
