Humanscale Trea Chair
Trea Chair
TREA CHAIR
Designed by Todd Bracher
The Red Dot-Award winning Trea pairs a clean, customisable aesthetic with high-functioning ergonomic support.
Created with acclaimed designer Todd Bracher, Trea offers intuitive comfort by mimicking the human body’s natural recline and embracing its sitter in a supportive shell.
Interchangeable components allow Trea to easily adapt its aesthetic for any office or workspace.
Contoured backrest gently cradles the body’s natural pivot points to encourage free and healthy movement – including 12-point recline.
INFORMATION
BRAND
Humanscale
PRODUCT TYPE
Chair
PRODUCTION
Made in United States
SEAT
Available with or without seat pad
COLLECTION
Trea
WARRANTY
15-year
EDGE
Waterfall-edge seat softens pressure on the back of the knees.
CHAIR WEIGHT
- Four Leg - 9kg (20 lbs.)
- Four Star - 9.3kg (20.5 lbs.)
- Cantilever - 9.9kg (21.75 lbs.)
RECLINE RANGE
12° Recline
STACKABLE
No
ENVIRONMENT
Indoor
DESIGNER
Todd Bracher
FINISHES
White Powder, Polished Aluminium (four-star base only)
ABOUT THE DESIGN
Trea can be adapted for both office and home interiors. The chair’s four-star, cantilever or four-leg bases are interchangeable, so Trea can be customised for different environments and uses while maintaining visual consistency throughout a space.
SHELL
White
BASE SIZE
N/A
DIMENSIONS
- Height : 465mm (18.3”)
- Width : 559mm (22”))
STACKABLEINNOVATION
Trea is engineered with a unique solid state recline mechanism that offers the sitter 12 degrees of movement. The chair’s overall modular design makes it easy to upgrade and maintain each of its components, minimising the environmental impact.
BEAUTY
Inspired by simple, natural forms, the Trea chair features a sophisticated design that embodies versatility. Functionally flawless and aesthetically pure, Trea offers the most comfort with the least amount of effort, providing stylish support in any space.
ERGONOMIC COMFORT
Trea’s waterfall-edge seat reduces impact to the back of the knees. A contoured backrest gently pivots to follow the natural point of hip rotation, cradling the body’s curves for lumbar support. The sitter can move freely and comfortably, without adjusting any mechanisms or dials.
WHAT IS A NET POSITIVE PRODUCT?
Trea is Living Product Certified, meeting the most rigorous sustainable manufacturing criteria to date. This means that Trea is climate, water and energy positive. Every time we make these products the planet is better off. With a mission to create a healthier world, we are proud that over 60% of our products are certified net positive.
DESIGN STORY
“I wanted to design a multipurpose chair with a visual simplicity and unique recline mechanism that would allow it to be used anywhere and by anyone.”
Todd Bracher, Designer
As the line between home and office blurs, workplace design is increasingly informed by residential design. Visionary Designer Todd Bracher’s response to this new era is Trea. While creating this unique multipurpose chair, he investigated how nature had solved the problem of integrated articulation. He was inspired by the lobster shell: an exoskeleton that moves in harmony with the living organism it protects. By following the cues of this natural design, he arrived at a solution that perfectly responds to the human body’s desire to move and recline, without knobs, dials, and levers: a groundbreaking “solid state” recline mechanism that adapts seamlessly and intuitively to sitters of all sizes. The final product is a universal chair that speaks a design language at once modern and timeless.
DESIGNER : TODD BRACHER
Todd Bracher is an industrial designer and design strategist, working at the intersection of design, science, and business with a commitment to solutions for matters of global concern. Todd has been honored as a Top 100 Global Design Influencer by Wallpaper* Magazine, two-time International Designer of the Year, and with numerous Red Dot’s Best of the Best and NeoCon Gold Awards for product design.
His work speaks a clear, unambiguous language that is guided first and foremost by function. This leads him to unexpectedly elegant solutions to contemporary problems and addresses the volatile proximity of life and work in new and pleasing forms.
