{"id":157822,"date":"2019-12-16T12:11:08","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T15:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/keyn-chair-group\/design-history\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T15:08:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T18:08:50","slug":"design-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/en\/corporate-solutions\/herman-miller\/seating\/keyn-chair-group\/design-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Design history"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_375303649\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1962036022\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-563084362\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"mb-5 header-override\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span class=\"text-display-2\">Bringing personality to the table<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Keyn chair group, designed by London-based forpeople, is a collection of meeting and side chairs for collaborative spaces featuring a unique sliding shell structure, with backrest and seat, to provide immediate comfort.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_375303649 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1212491009\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-521970792\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1988592224\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1823397672\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:100%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/it_prd_dgn_keyn_chair_group_01-jpg-rendition-600-600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/it_prd_dgn_keyn_chair_group_01-jpg-rendition-600-600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/it_prd_dgn_keyn_chair_group_01-jpg-rendition-600-600-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1823397672 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1414925986\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>Observations in meetings showed that people move continuously in their seats, leaning forward or stretching back, often up to 57 times per hour; therefore, early in the process, the designers knew they wanted the chair to move. People expect movement in their office chair, so it made perfect sense to ensure a chair for collaborative spaces also supported and responded to these movements. <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1212491009 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_1904573910\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-1388628713\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-197011960\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1125933931\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:100%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/it_prd_dgn_keyn_chair_group_02-jpg-rendition-600-600.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/it_prd_dgn_keyn_chair_group_02-jpg-rendition-600-600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/design.novoambiente.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/it_prd_dgn_keyn_chair_group_02-jpg-rendition-600-600-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_1125933931 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1585037233\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n<p>Visually, Keyn is a chair with many personalities. It uses four key pieces to create each model in the group, so that each maintains a universal appeal, marked by a range of base and upholstery options. Keyn chairs can stand out independently, but can also work in harmony as a family.  <\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1904573910 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section\" id=\"section_304413715\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"is-divider divider clearfix\" ><\/div>\n<div class=\"row align-center\"  id=\"row-2048370856\">\n\n\t<div id=\"col-126997882\" class=\"col medium-6 small-12 large-6\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_1135230383\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner image-cover dark\" style=\"padding-top:75%;\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" 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