Sia by Boss Design: a chair tasked to make changes | News | Architonic

Give or take a few of the words, it sounds a little like the design vision that might once have guided the making of an all-singing task chair. In 2023, however, the ambition for the design of an office chair is markedly different. Ahead of any fancy functionality is the need to shrink, if not extinguish, its adverse impact on the environment. ‘You can’t tickle around the edges. You’ve got to make sustainability a fundamental part of the decision-making process at every stage,’ says Mark Barrell, design director at Boss Design, the British company that has been making high-quality affordable office furniture for 40 years. Sia is Boss Design’s newest task chair and its design is the company’s most sustainable to date. What’s more, the thinking behind it is not only reshaping the way a chair is put together, but the company’s business model.