Outfitting your office space from the ground up, or selecting the best office chair for your needs can be quite a daunting task. For any sized project, our experts are here to provide professional advice and to assist you with every step of the decision-making process. We'll help you create an affordable workspace that's comfortable yet flexible, designed to inspire and fit your unique needs.
Herman Miller Eames Soft Pad Management Chair by Charles and Ray Eames
Charles and Ray Eames' penchant for discovering new form and function in seating is readily apparent in their soft pad group. The management chair's sleek base contrasts with the 2"-thick pads which the group is named after.
This management chair has a lightweight aluminum frame and upholstered foam cushions. 5-star base, tilt-swivel mechanism, seat-height adjustment and casters for additional mobility.
Stock Leather Chromium free and from Austria this stock Herman Miller leather is a winner for most. With a matte, soft feel this is the most popular leather used on Herman Miller upholstered items.
Open Line Leather Austrian by birth, yours by choice. Open Line leather is closest to the stock Herman Miller leathers but available in a wider array of colors.
Dream Cow Leather With a gentle calfskin grain (it's not calfskin though, its European full grain aniline dyed cowhide), this leather is soft and comes in many great colors to accent your decor. This is a leather of great versatility, perfect when Royal Hide is out of budget, but where the look is wanted.
Metallic Dream Cow Leather A gentle calfskin grain (again, not calfskin but European full grain aniline dyed cowhide), infused with metals and soft shine, on cowhide for huge versatility. Updated, offbeat, moody colors.
All Grain Leather Not too big - not too small - just "All Grain". Color and quality together wedding grain and color, always with a feeling of luxury. European full grain aniline dyed cowhide powered by Crypton, "All Grain" becomes an easy choice for high traffic areas and commercial offices.
Royal Hide Leather This versatile leather is the most beautiful of its kind. The color range is huge, reflecting its broad applicability. It will develop a rich patina over time, making it a great heirloom, eliminating the need for reupholstery. A European full grain aniline dyed cowhide leather with no limits - sky, earth, sea.
Caster Options
2" single wheel casters, hard floors or carpet
2" chrome soft double wheel casters, hard floors or carpet
2" black painted hard double wheel casters, carpet
2" chrome hard double wheel casters, carpet
Seat Height Adjustment Options
Manual seat height adjustment
Pneumatic seat height adjustment with tilt lock
The Eames Soft Pad Management Chair is the side chair with the addition of polished aluminum arms that bound the elegant design of the body, the seat and the back. The effect of adding the arms is to make the chair a bit more appealing as furniture you'd actually want to sit in for a while, furniture that you could see yourself doing work in, or sitting through a long meeting in. These chairs, complete with the polished aluminum arms, are the closest in looks and function to the original aluminum group chair, the original idea for this whole line of seating solutions.
This version of the chair is the most versatile, because it can do everything that the side chair can do, and do it all just a little bit better (with the exception of fitting into tight spaces that the armless chair is more equipped to do). Its fits just fine in the home, and it's absolutely perfect for the office, in myriad different ways. The Eames Soft Pad Management Chair is the classic version of the soft pad series, and it's a very desirable chair from a number of different perspectives.
The management chair is not meant to imply middle tier or average; it's meant to imply efficiency, comfort, and task-oriented excellence. For some the name might imply "boss," but that's not the feel that Charles and Ray Eames were going for when they built the chair in 1969. They were looking for a professional, beautiful, and effective chair, and the name fits. The soft, fine leather of the chair not only looks great, it feels amazing. The suppleness of the leather is matched by the fine-tuned craftsmanship of the upholstery, which is flawless.
The thick cushions of the chair keeps users happy and comfortable in all environments, and it can even keep them focused a little better; when you don't have to worry about constantly stretching and getting up and down in your chair because you're uncomfortable, you don't have to worry about loss of productivity either. You're fore focused, more productive, and more healthy in a comfortable chair, and the Eames Soft Pad Management Chair is certainly that, in every way. It also looks fantastic; the leather and the polished aluminum are, as always, a great pair when it comes to design and style.
In the home, the Eames Soft Pad Chair, management version, can serve you well in all the same areas that the side chair did. but it does it a little bit better, with an edge of comfort and style that the side chair has, but doesn't flaunt in the way that the management version does. You can use this chair in your home office, as a desk chair. It'll look great and be very comfortable, allowing you to get plenty of work done. You can also put it in the bedroom, where the softness and the classic profile will make it great for any occasion. One interesting place to try the chair is out is underneath your kitchen table or dining room table.
While the chair will certainly be a departure from the norm, it's a lovely way to bring style and comfort together around a family surface, a fellowship surface. When thinking about these chairs as options for living rooms, you can see the potential. It would be a good lounge chair, a good centerpiece in terms of style and design, and it would match many attractive decors. Some buyers balk at the idea of these chairs used in familiar territory like the living room and the kitchen table, but great design has as a hallmark an ability to go in unexpected places and still be great. The Eames Soft Pad Chairs have that trait in spades.
Of course, in the office is where a chair like this really belongs. In the office is where it was designed to go, and in the office is where it really fits. First and foremost, it has great capacity to be a desk chair. The look of the chair is professional and stylish, and the feel of the chair is comfortable and luxurious. So from the outside it seems like a prestigious, gorgeous chair, and from the inside, sitting on it, it feels like an ergonomic, comfy, and altogether amazing piece of modern design. The comfort level of the chair is as high as any high-tech, super ergonomic chair that's out on the market today, and the Eames Soft Pad Chair was built and shipped over four decades ago. Just one more way that Charles and Ray Eames were way ahead of their time as designers.
The Eames Soft Pad Management Chair is more than just a desk chair, however, It's an all around chair, a flexible option to bring into any office, no matter what the seating needs are. Do you need seating for a new conference room? Just a simple meeting room? The hallowed halls of a boardroom? If so, then this is the chair for you. If you just need something for your small kitchen or cafeteria, something for workers to sit in and feel comfortable while they eat or take a break, then look no further; Charles and Ray Eames designed something just for you.
If you need a seating solution for your waiting room or lobby, then you can feel secure knowing that the fine, historically valuable chairs in this collection will give the right impression of you and your office. No matter what part of your office needs seating solutions, the Eames Soft Pad Chairs are right for you. That's the design genius of Charles and Ray Eames.
In both the home and the office, the management chair really shines. It can go anywhere and do just about anything. The last two chairs in the series are more specific and more delicately crafted for certain tasks; but Charles and Ray wanted to make sure there was at least one chair that could do just about anything, that could be the jack of all trades and the problem solver. That chair is the Eames Soft Pad Management Chair.
The Herman Miller Eames Soft Pad Management Chair is also known by the following manufacturer Item Numbers: EA435P, EA435, EA434.
The management chair is more specialized than the side chair. It has rollers, and it also has polished aluminum arms, both of which make it more comfortable and very well suited to the environment of the office. The management chair can pretty much do all the tasks you could give the side chair, but on rollers and with armrests; in other words, more comfortably.
Like the side chair, it has two pads on the backing and one larger one on the seat. They're more than adequate to keep you comfortable for long hours at work or shorter hours of relaxation or fellowship at home. The management chair is all in the name; professional, office oriented, and able to do a lot of different things.
Read the entire design story behind the Eames Soft Pad Group.
The Eames Soft Pad Management Chair takes the side chair up a notch by adding attractive and comfortable polished aluminum arms and a more expansive look. They can do everything that the side chair does, fit into almost every space that chair does, and do it just a little bit better if comfort is a big factor. The addition of arms to the chair takes away slightly form the impressive profile of the side version, and it makes the chair a bit larger, but you gain whole vistas of comfort and support from it. No longer will your arms dangle by your side or have to rest on tables and desks; with the management version, you can simply recline and relax, arms rested at your side. The look of the two chairs is otherwise very similar.
The Eames Soft Pad Management Chair has a long and very comfortable pad on the seat, and smaller more compact pads, equally comfortable, on the seat back. Both of them help to keep the user in good posture and good health, not to mention good comfort. The management version of the chair is definitely meant to be a work chair primarily, although it serves very well in home and can do everything in that arena that the side chair can. Because it's office oriented, this is a chair that helps the user to focus and be more productive by keeping them as comfortable as possible. The pads, the comfort pockets and the rich materials of the leather and aluminum keep the user supported and comfortable, while the armrests keep them from leaning forward or getting tired arms. All of those things contribute to a work state thankfully uninterrupted by much needed stretching sessions, or having to get up and down to shake out numb limbs. This is the same thing today's ultra-high tech ergonomic chairs try to do, and Charles and Ray Eames were doing it in 1969, over 40 years ago.
In the home, this chair can go everywhere that the side chair can, and offer a bit more comfort than the side chair does. Underneath the kitchen or dining room table, in the living room, in the bedroom or behind the desk in a home office set up; all of these places can use some class, some comfort, and some inimitable style, and the Eames Soft Pad Management Chair offers that up in spades. While oriented toward the office, thus the name, this is a chair that's sort of the renaissance man of the group. It can go most anywhere, it can do most anything, and it can do it wall with an edge of classic design and historicity provided by Charles and Ray Eames.
In the office, this chair can literally do anything. Need a boardroom chair? You've got it. Need a meeting room chair? A desk chair? A chair for the waiting room? A chair with rollers or a chair without (you have the option)? You can get the chair you need for all of those tasks when you get yourself an Eames Soft Pad Management Chair. It's beautiful, it's very comfortable, and it can help sustain you through long day and long meetings. It's nearly the perfect office chair, because it's so elastic in function and so unyielding in it's near-perfect design.
Charles and Ray Eames Charles and Ray Eames are perhaps the most celebrated designers of the 20th century. Married in 1941, the Eames duo are responsible for some of the most critically acclaimed furniture designs of the modern era. Amongst their most famous designs are the wire chair and the soft pad chair group. Although they are most often remembered today for their furniture designs with partner Herman Miller, the Eameses engaged in artistic expression across a broad range of mediums- including architecture and filmmaking.
Herman Miller is an industry leader in the integration of cutting edge technology to furniture and other household items to make everyday life more comfortable, convenient, and stylish. Herman Miller stands out at the forefront of such fields as ergonomic technologies, environmentally friendly manufacturing processes, and customizable furniture items.
In addition to producing some of the most outstanding office furniture in the world, Herman Miller has also taken on the responsibility of manufacturing some of the most celebrated furniture designs by some of the world's most famous designs. These "modern classics" include works by Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Isamu Noguchi. Herman Miller celebrates these famous mid-century designers' works through its extraordinarily precise manufacturing techniques and industry-leading green production processes.
Herman Miller is a global company with operations, sales offices, dealers, and licensees in more than 40 countries in North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, serving customers virtually anywhere in the world. Herman Miller is headquartered in Zeeland, Michigan, while manufacturing facilities are located in the U.S., China, Italy, and the United Kingdom.
Materials: Lightweight aluminum frame and 2"-thick upholstered foam cushions.
Dimensions: Overall: 33.75" h x 23" w x 16.5" d Seat height: 18.25"-21"
Distinctive Aesthetic Unmistakable look. Soft Pad cushions add a plush, luxurious touch.
Classic and contemporary. The chairs' clean, trim lines make them appropriate for all kinds of places, from contemporary homes to elegant offices to hip startups.
Inventive Comfort Sitting comfort. Soft Pad seating add 2-inch-thick foam cushions for comfort and a different look.
Durability Strong aluminum: With one-piece, curved aluminum side ribs and an aluminum base, the chair is strong, yet lightweight and easy to move.
Design Story The Aluminum Group initially was designed for Irwin Miller, founder of Cummins Engines, in Columbus, Indiana. Eero Saarinen and Alexander Girard designed the Miller home and challenged Charles and Ray Eames to develop a high-quality seating product for outdoor use.
Known for their honest use of materials, the Eameses constructed the chairs with cast aluminum and first conceived of a seat frame to support stretched fabric--a synthetic mesh (woven saran). Although the mesh was discontinued shortly after its introduction, Herman Miller reintroduced a new mesh material for the Aluminum Group in 2001. Called Cygnus, it is similar to the Aeron chair's Pellicle fabric in its aeration and translucent qualities.
The seat-back suspension was a major technical achievement and represented a departure from the concept of the chair as a solid shell.
Wonderfully comfortable, the chairs became the basis for several other Eames designs, including the Soft Pad chair group.
Herman Miller is and has always been one of the most impressive companies in America when it comes to conservation, environmental initiative, and clean, responsible production. With every product they make, new and old, they continue to push toward a greater goal of total energy independence, the elimination of all waste, especially hazardous waste, and the dramatic reduction of their environmental "footprint." Whether they're re-tooling the Eames Soft Pad Chairs to make them easier to recycle or retro-fitting their building with energy efficient light bulbs and machinery, they're always doing their best to keep the environment safe.
At Smart Furniture, we really respect that, and we also feel a kindred spirit. One of the many reasons why choose to partner with Herman Miller and sell their products online is because we see eye to eye on the importance of being an environmentally safe and responsible company. Herman Miller feels the same way about us; they make it a policy never to work with vendors who don't share their commitment, or who don't take every opportunity they have to be safer, cleaner, and less wasteful. Every step of the way, from production of the Eames Soft Pad Chair in Herman Miller factories, to the shipping of the same chair from our warehouse in Chattanooga, TN, our two companies take every step to lessen the environmental impact of designing, building, selling, and shipping a product.
Herman Miller has always been ahead of the curve when it comes to environmental issues. One of the main reasons that remains true today is that they set ambitious goals for themselves, and then commit to actually achieving them. It takes hard work, forward thinking and an almost artistic creativity to make an older product like the Eames Soft Pad Chair as safe as it can be, but all of those are qualities that have never been lacking at Herman Miller.
The most recent, and the most wide-ranging, of their environmental initiatives is called Design for the Environment. Referred to within the company (both in the offices and in the official documents available online) as DfE, the policies laid out within have guided the company inexorably toward a fully functional and totally green operation by the year 2020. The lastest policy, called "Perfect Vision," has laid out some of the most ambitious goals yet. Again, they are all meant to be met by the year 2020. Remember that these goals apply even to classical furniture like the Eames Soft Pad Chairs:
Zero landfill
Zero hazardous waste generation
Zero air emissions (VOC)
Zero process water use
100 percent green electrical energy use
Company buildings constructed to a minimum LEED Silver certification
100 percent of sales from DfE-approved products
The first goal, zero landfill, is going to be one of the hardest to achieve. Landfills are real burdens on the environment because they are often filled with plastics and other non-biodegradable materials. Not to mention that they are, of course, immense amounts of garbage trapped under land. The odor, the damage, and the difficulty of breaking down waste all make landfills a headache. But Herman Miller is making progress. Over the last few decades, the amount of landfill generated by Herman Miller has been cut drastically. Every year it shrinks at an exponential rate, and ten years from now, it will be totally gone. That's something to celebrate.
The Eames Soft Pad Chair has been made easy to recycle and therefore not likely to end up in landfill. Most of the chair is recyclable, and needs only to be sifted into component parts when the user has decided it's time to part ways for good (though the chairs are very durable and this day should be well ahead in the future). Even though the chair was debuted four decades ago, the designers and builders are Herman Miller were able to update it without changing the look or anything material to it's classic standing.
As consumers, it's important to make responsible choices when you buy products like office chairs. In the marketplace, dollars are the voters, and every dollar that goes toward a green enterprise is a dollar other manufacturers will try and follow, and earn for themselves. When a company is responsible, it's not just good for the environment; it's good for them, and it's good for the business world as a whole.
The Eames Soft Pad Chair is just one of the many comfortable, stylish, beautiful, and creative products that Herman Miller has to offer. But they all have something in common; you can feel good when you buy them, because they came from one of the more responsible green companies in the business. Smart Furniture and Herman Miller are very proud to bring you the best in green furniture, green shipping, and green business. Buy your chairs today.
Free White Glove (for residential destinations within the contiguous U.S. only)
Service includes delivery of high value, large, extremely heavy and or extremely fragile items. Delivery is made to your room of choice and includes unpacking, 15-30 minutes of light assembly and debris removal. Deliveries are generally made within 3-10 days from the time your order ships, and occur Monday through Friday. After hours and weekend deliveries can also be arranged upon request. Day and time specific delivery appointments are required, and someone must be present to receive the order.
Materials: 