Life is faster now than ever it was and, although we have no end of so-called labour-saving equipment, we work harder too. When our ancestors came in from the fields, it quickly got dark, they would eat and not having enough lighting or computers to play with, they would go to bed. We on the other hand, put the light on and keep going.

Office chairs are a familiar enough site and office workers in most countries have been sitting in them since offices became necessary for scribes and bookkeepers about 5,000 years ago. However, your normal office chair has undergone a revolution in design over the last twenty years or less. The clear purpose of a normal office chair to permit its user to be able to do his or her job at a desk.

If you are planning to incorporate an office in your home, you need it to be as comfortable as possible to maximize your productivity. Here are a few things to bear in mind.