"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." When Herman Miller decided to look into furniture tailored to the elderly’s needs in the late 1970s, ...

Preston Lerner last wrote for the magazine on Caltech physics professor Kip Thorne. Ever since the dawn of the office, chairs have come in two basic flavors: work chairs and thrones. Or as they’re ...

It may look like a large high-tech fly swatter on wheels, but for compensation specialist Terry Malone, no other office chair but the Aeron will do. “It was really the most unusual chair,” said Malone ...

Lewis doesn’t want his real name used. He worries that describing his investigation into the plush world of high-end office furniture, conducted during working hours, might give the impression that he ...