Savo: Study of Seating at 3 Days of Design

Savo collection of office chairs

Milola's visit to Savo at 3daysofdesign

The Milola team were inspired at today's Savo workshop as we reflected on the culture of sitting at a pivotal moment in the history of work. Designed and curated in collaboration with their Stockholm-based partner, Form Us With Love, ‘Studies in Seating’ explored the factors that shape the office chair, a piece frequently dismissed by the design world as mundane and uninspiring.


This installation was installed as part of FRAMING at the annual 3daysofdesign festival in Copenhagen, the exhibition was spread across two rooms in The Odd Fellow Palace, a stunning mid-1700s venue nestled in the heart of Copenhagen, a building in itself of architectural beauty.

Explore 3 of the dynamic Savo products showcased below: 

Savo Spine

Savo Spine was born from the realisation that furniture must adapt to ever-evolving work methods and environments. Designed to seamlessly blend into various aesthetics and functions, the chair features components that can be easily updated, ensuring longevity and adaptability. Savo Spine’s step-less bracket allows for adjustment of the height of the backrest and headrest for customisable support. Its modular and flexible features enable users to tailor their seating experience while addressing the demand for furniture that scales alongside the workplace.

Savo 360

Challenged with creating an office chair using as little plastic as possible, Savo 360 is an intelligent and intuitive design piece applying ergonomics through the flexibility of the wood. Crafted by Olle Lundberg, the J-bar and back components leverage wood’s natural yield, resulting in a hybrid product that blends the functionality of an office chair with the aesthetic appeal of a wooden chair. Built to withstand the test of time, each part is separable, allowing for updates and adaptions over the chair’s lifetime.

Savo Soul

Crafted to intuitively adapt to the user’s individual needs, Savo Soul is a fully-adjustable ergonomic office chair that seamlessly shapes to every body and blends into any workspace. The simple but intelligent design offers all the essential adjustments with logically placed levers and controls, ensuring a comfortable and customizable fit for all users. The mesh back twists and flexes back to accommodate movement, delivering flexibility and versatility to every workplace environment.

*About Savo studies

   In a pooled study sample from Melbourne, Australia,     employees were found to be sedentary for an average of 6.6 hours while at the workplace. This sedentary behaviour is consistent across various regions, as seen in data from the USA, the UK, the Netherlands, Iran, Australia and Korea. For instance,     Americans spend 55% of their waking time    , which equates to 7.7 hours per day, engaged in sedentary behaviours, while Europeans allocate 40% of their leisure time, or 2.7 hours per day, to watching television. Similarly, in Korea, adults aged ≥19 years engage in an average of     8.3 hours of sedentary time.     Additionally, respondents in Iran     spent an average of 6.29 hours     of an 8-hour working shift in a sitting position, with a portion expressing discomfort with their workstations and feeling fatigued during the workday. In Glasgow, UK, participants spent     approximately 76% of their time at work sitting,     amounting to an average of 5.7 hours per day. Meanwhile, the Dutch working population reported sitting for     an average of 7 hours each day,     with a significant portion of this time spent at work. In Queensland, Australia, the overall average occupational sitting time was found to be     over 3 hours per day,     with a quarter of the sample reporting sitting for over 6 hours per day. Finally, office-based workers in various cities across the UK, emerged as one of the most sedentary populations, spending     73% of their workday and 66% of their waking day sitting   .  The calculation for 8 years of sitting was derived from a standard workweek of 6.5 hours per day, 5 days a week, for 47 weeks a year, over 45 years of office life, resulting in a precise figure of 8.45 years spent sitting over an office worker’s career. 


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