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Balans®
The History of balans®
- 1976 - When people improvise and observe a need, this can be the start of a new product development. How to be functional, combined with comfort at low tables in traditional furniture, was the start of what we today call balans® furniture. The balans® furniture is based on the idea of giving support and comfort to the natural and basic sitting position.
- 1978 Initiator Hans Christian Mengshoel invited the three furniture designers Oddvin Rykken, Peter Opsvik and Svein Gusrud to design and develop products based on the balans®concept.
- 1979 - Balans presents "balans alternative sitting" in Copenhagen at the "Scandinavian Furniture Fair".
- 1980 - Different balans® chairs were implemented in the collection of four producers in Norway.
- 1984 - The company Balans AS receives the SAS Export Pioneer Prize.
- 1986 - The "balansgroup" represented by O. Rykken, P.Opsvik, S. Gusrud and H.C. Mengshoel receives the Jacob List Prize.
- 1996 - Balans Management AS was established in 1996 to develop a new generation of balans® chairs to benefits the license producers of balans®. Patents balans® chairs are registered with several utility patents and design patents.
- 2010 - Balans Management AS partner again with Hans Christian Mengshoel to redesign the original balans kneeling chair concept, focusing on a new "balanced" seat design.
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balans® Energy Kneeling Posture Chair
Stylish and ergonomic, the gas lift Energy balans® kneeling chair from original balans® designer Hans Christian Mengshoel. A new patented seat design encourages a "balanced", neutral sitting position - a great improvement on his original HAG design.
PRICE: AUD$699.00
balans® Vita Kneeling Posture Chair
ON SALE! The newest generation of balans® kneeling chairs from the original balans® designer Hans Christian Mengshoel. A new patented seat design combined with the classic balans kneeling chair design encourages a "balanced", neutral position.
PRICE: AUD$599.00 $539.00
Varier Variable™ balans® Kneeling Chair
The original balans® kneeling posture chair is back! Only available at Bad Backs, this is the original 1970's chair design by studio balans® in Sweden. Also known as a Stokke posture chair, it is now made by Variér Furniture in Norway.
PRICE: AUD$445.00
Varier® Gravity balans®
As close as you will get to Zero Gravity ! Highly unusual in design, the Gravity balans® is a timeless classic; the ultimate in comfort for the mind, spirit and body from Varier in Norway.
PRICE: AUD$3295.00
Varier® Multi balans® Kneeling Chair
The Multi balans® is an all-round kneeling chair with an adjustable sitting angle. Use at high or low tables, it is collapsible and easy to move. Finished to Varier Norway's highest quality standards !
PRICE: AUD$795.00
Varier® Thatsit balans® Kneeling Chair
The cornerstone of the home office. An all-round kneeling balans® chair with extra comfort features and adjustability for those who like to read, study or work at a table. With a perfectly balanced spine you'll concentrate and sit for longer !
PRICE: AUD$995.00
Varier® Wing balans® Kneeling Chair
The original swivelling balans® kneeling chair from Varier in Norway, previously known as Stokke. Quality design and finish as only the Scandinavians can do it !
PRICE: AUD$1095.00
