field trip to 3D ErgoLab

Last week thread ventured to mid-town to visit our friends, Marc Schwartzberg and his wife Jill Slater, a veteran at apartmenttherapy.  Marc has been in the furniture business for over 30years, inheriting his grandparent's business, Dallek Office Furniture which was an icon in the New York furniture scene of mid-century modern fashion.  As thread contemplated our move into our new offices, chairs were on our mind, and we turned to the expert to help us find something that would meet our finicky standards.

 Marc with his fabulous chair display in the 3D Ergolab showroom

3D Ergolab has hundreds of chairs on display and available for testing.  Marc will even provide loan chairs to test out in your office.  Marc went through the various features of from the high end to the super techno that can bend, mold, and tweak to your body and movement.  After testing nearly every chair in the showroom, we came back around to the tried and true Eames Aluminum Office chair.  Our favorite for style, and comfort although perhaps lacking the ergo wow factor that a lot of newer chairs on the market are pushing.  Marc was excited to chat about the Eames chair, one of his favorites too.  He and Jill just spent two weeks in China doing research on various imports, from the high end to the low end knock offs, scrutinizing factories, quality, and fabrication.   Below, you can see Mark - the other Mark - sitting in the Herman Miller Setu Chair, another good competitor to the Eames chair for comfort, simplicity and shape.  Of course, thread is still contemplating our next office chair.  But we will have to decide soon!

Herman Miller's Setu Chair

Marc talks chairs.....