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About Humanscale
Humanscale is an award-winning designer and manufacturer of sustainable, high-performance ergonomic products for the workplace.
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Ergonomic solutions
With the launch of the Humanscale M/Class Monitor Arms, Humanscale proposes a different direction: one where workplace technology recedes into the background, allowing movement, posture and spatial clarity precedence.
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Stepping up for sustainability: Meet Jane Abernethy of Humanscale
Humanscale’s Chief Sustainability Officer is embarking on a tour of Australia, delivering a talk entitled: “Sustainable by Design: Materials Transparency for a Healthier Planet.” At the same time, the company opens a brand new showroom in Sydney. We met her to find out more.
Events
Product launches from Milan Design Week 2025
So many product launches – where to begin with Milan? Well, across some of our favourite brands and all kinds of areas, here are some of the highlights we saw this year.
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Highlights from Stockholm Design Week 2025
From bio-based innovations to circular design, this year’s fair redefined the role of materials in shaping the future of interiors as sustainable materials and a thoughtful approach to the impact of design on our world took centre stage.
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This bold new studio space is all about sensory and energy-based design
A collaboration between Humanscale and Hames Sharley saw sustainability take centre stage in this Melbourne project.
Products
Task chairs under review at Orgatec 2018
What would a workplace furniture trade show be without a deep dive into the latest innovations in task chairs? We take a look at the latest releases in Cologne.
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3 surprising ways to improve ocular health while working
Digital eye strain during work has become the new normal, but it doesn’t have to be that way! Mindfulness aside, ergonomics could be one of the key solutions to improving ocular health. Humanscale has answers.
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Do you know the biggest risk factor you’re currently facing? You might be shocked
Employers and corporations are acknowledging the value of ergonomics and its direct impact on the health, wellbeing and productivity of their employees. So, what’s ahead?
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Learn from the best with Humanscale Consulting
Humanscale’s Ergonomic Consulting assists organisations with the development and implementation of cost-effective ergonomics programs. Here we discover their unique approach to improving wellbeing at work.
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What’s the future of ergonomics? We ask the experts: Humanscale Ergonomic Consulting
As architecture and design becomes more attuned to the value of flexibility, ergonomics have come to the forefront of conversations about design. What does this mean for the ergonomics discipline moving forward?
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Adjusting for comfort: Ushering in a New Age for Australian ergonomics
Does Australia’s approach to ergonomics need to be reassessed? According to the experts at Humanscale Ergonomic Consulting, our Ergonomics Standards is in dire need of critical overhaul.
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Working smarter AND harder: Humanscale Consulting proves the value of ergonomics to a business’ bottom line
How does ergonomics affect economics? Humanscale shows us how improved ergonomic behaviours can improve business performance and individual wellbeing.
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The Australian Standards are putting workers at risk: Here’s why Humanscale is changing Australian ergonomics
By definition, the Australian Standards champion standardised approaches to design and engineering. What is the role of such guidelines in ergonomics, where flexibility and non-standard design are the goal?
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Is there a ‘secret’ to sitting? Do you know the latest ergonomic innovations? We ask the experts: Humanscale
Thanks to advances in technology and new working behaviours taking place across the world, the discipline of ergonomics continues to evolve. Here we talk to the ergonomic experts at Humanscale Consulting to find out how improved ergonomics is creating a new culture of best practice.
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Adjusting for comfort: Ushering in a new age for Australian ergonomics
“Good ergonomic workplace design will increase productivity by an average of 12 per cent.”– Dr Alan Hedge.
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How did we get here? A brief recent history of seating design
Ergonomics and product design – especially in the commercial sector – has always had a strong relationship, but how does ergonomics push the possibilities of design?
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Here’s Why Humanscale STILL Rules The World Of Seating!
The visual simplicity of Humanscale’s chairs belies the state-of the-art technology that allows them to adjust to every user – hardly a knob or lever required!
Dissections
BEON Energy Solutions (Powercor CitiPower) by Siren Design
What are the principles and strategies behind designing for incidental staff collisions and chance encounters? Siren Design maps out its creative thinking and approach for Powercor CitiPower’s BEON Energy Solutions, Melbourne: a purpose built workplace which encourages its staff to ‘interact’ and ‘collide’.
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What Went Down At NeoCon?
Biophilic design, privacy, adaptable furniture and technology were among the trends spotted at NeoCon this year.
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University of Melbourne Arts West by ARM Architecture & Architectus
What is ‘salon learning’ and how is design responding to this new educational format? Arts West, Melbourne Univeristy’s riotous new Arts Faculty by ARM Architecture and Architectus, reimagines on-campus learning via the philosophy of object-based learning.
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Unispace Headquarters Melbourne, by Unispace
How can ‘smart workplaces’ stay flexible when advancements in integrated technology move so quickly? Unispace’s new Melbourne studio exhibits a built-in fluid and mutable working style that transcends the clunkiness of faddish design trends and wire-driven technology.
Ideas
Salone 2017: The RE:CHARGE Café by Todd Bracher for Humanscale
If you happen to be at this year’s Salone, why not stop by the Humanscale RE:CHARGE Café at Fuorisalone, a nature-inspired oasis that strives to physically and mentally re-energise visitors in a carefully curated and researched space.
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Cologne Convos: Industrial Designer, Todd Bracher
Launched at this year’s Orgatec, we chat with industrial designer Todd Bracher on the ground for his latest innovation, the Vessel Light For Humanscale.
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In Profile: Todd Bracher
We chat to designer Todd Bracher about the Trea Chair, a universal and multipurpose chair produced by Humanscale that speaks a modern and timeless design language.
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Isn’t It Time Your Workstation Did Some Work?
Should we have to always rearrange our workstations every time to alleviate bad design? Maybe it’s about time that our products empower the end user!
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Orgatec 2014 – IDL
David Granger attends Orgatec 2014, spotting two distinct types of exhibitors.
Videos
ECONOMICS OF ERGONOMICS: THE IMPORTANCE OF PROACTIVE ERGONOMIC PROGRAMS IN THE MODERN WORKPLACE
Schiavello and Humanscale present Economics of Ergonomics with Professor Alan Hedge, one of the world’s foremost experts in ergonomics. Director of Human Factors and Ergonomics Laboratory at Cornell University, Hedge discusses the importance of proactive ergonomic programs in the modern workplace.
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