Formway Furniture 

Formway wanted to develop the world's best task chair and were prepared to research the ergonomics behind good sedentary support to achieve it.

To launch a new task chair onto the world furniture market it needed to feature more than superior ergonomics, it had to have a compelling aesthetic; be environmentally responsible; and launched in a time frame that would capitalise on the advances made with their new design.

Recognising that some furniture development is evolutionary rather than revolutionary, Formway knew they could have bigger impact if their ideas were developed to hit the market fast.

By setting up a core team to carry the design intent through the project, additional skills could be broughtnin to accelerate certain areas of the development.

Exactus were contracted to manage specific parts of the Life Chair project that included concept and detail design.

Exactus helped manage the peaks, providing additional skills and knowledge to bring to bear on the process.

By assigning up to four Exactus staff to the Life Project, Formway were able to run other strategic design projects concurrently and achieve short development lead times.

During its launch at NeoCon 2002, the Life Chair won the prestigious 'Best of Neocon' Gold Award.

Formway now distributes the Life Chair throughout Australasia and Asia, as well as in the USA and Europe through Knoll Inc.

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