Sit-to-Stand is Here to Stay
How to ensure it benefits your people and your organization
Experience
In 1968, Robert Propst wrote, “Man’s physical machine has evolved to do many things well but no single thing continuously. ...the office can be a kinetic active, alert, vigorous environment.” His Action Office System featured a stand-up desk, which he argued “would do more than anything else to overcome sedentary decline.” We’ve offered standing surfaces ever since.
Insight
At its best, design is a response to social change; we developed Living Office in response to the evolution of work. A purposeful variety of settings helps people feel more creative, connected, and engaged in their work. So does purposeful movement. Our ongoing ergonomic research shows the combination of sitting, standing, and moving in varying amounts is vital, especially at the desk.
Service
Research shows that a choice between sitting and standing combined with training on the benefits of postural change is most effective at reducing sitting time, which benefits both the individual and the organization. Our Ergonomics Consultants can help organizations reduce risk factors while increasing employee health, comfort, and productivity.
Designed by Brian Alexander
Renew Link
Renew Link makes standing desk systems better, helping organizations condense their real estate footprint while improving employee health and focus. By accommodating both sitting and standing work postures, Renew Link brings a new level of individual choice to shared work environments.
Designed by Brian Alexander
Nevi Link
Fit more people into your office without sacrificing their comfort with Nevi Link. This system of sit-to-stand desks encourages regular movement and condenses your real estate footprint through a streamlined design. It’s how we’re helping you create an active and efficient office and a healthy bottom line.
Designed by Brian Alexander
Renew Sit-to-Stand Tables
Renew Sit-to-Stand Tables take healthful movement to a new level. When combined with an ergonomic chair that supports a full range of movement, this desk can help you stay active and healthy while you work. The thoughtful top-to-bottom design features intuitive controls, accessible power, softly angled corners to protect knees, and cable management that hides cords even when the table is raised.
Motia Sit-to-Stand Tables
Designed to integrate into any workplace, Motia helps keep people moving between healthful positions with height adjustability that’s easy to use. This standing desk features a range of options that allow people to customize their workspace based on their needs, including switches, surface shapes, accessories, power options, and cable management. Durable, reliable, and versatile, Motia desks are a great value.
Nevi Sit-to-Stand Tables
We think people should be able to sit—or stand—comfortably. With the efficiently designed Nevi Sit-to-Stand Tables, you don’t have to choose between getting desks or ergonomic office chairs or accessories—you can have it all. Nevi encourages regular movement between postures for better energy and productivity and is available in refined, timeless finishes that harmonize with the entire Herman Miller portfolio.
Go Deeper
Learn more about the thinking behind our solutions and how they help other organizations accomplish their objectives.
Learn more about the importance of moving as a natural part of your workday.
Learn how sit-to-stand creates a working neighborhood for one team in this fast-growing startup.
