The Design Process

Our newest chair, Jeté⁠—designed in collaboration with Gensler and Via Seating's design team, Studio V⁠—is a culmination of innovation, design, and comfort. It delivers surprisingly incredible comfort within its thin silhouette by integrating a unique support structure with metal frame construction all embedded inside our proprietary, injection-molded comfort foam.  Further, its Italian designed knee-tilt control supports the natural body position even when in full recline while allowing the feet to stay firmly on the floor.

Jeté achieves a sophisticated, forward-thinking look across its mid & high back. It offers choice of a standard shadow tufting stitch & unique, box stitch, which are all handmade by our skilled artisans. To its sides, designers can specify choice of armless or multiple black and polished fixed arms styles. It bases deliver with standard low-profile and signature high-profile bases with open-design casters. From any angle, Jeté does not disappoint.

Sustainability

At Via Seating, we understand that great chairs are consciously built. This is at the forefront of our minds from the design phase to a chair’s end of life. Throughout the chair production process, we are consistently reducing green house gas emissions, reducing water use and reducing solid waste. We use materials that are environmentally-friendly and safe for use. Our result is safe and sustainable, great chairs.

Certification & Standards:

Satisfies:

• Living Building Challenge (LBC) – Imperative 08 (Clean Air Gold).
• WELL – Feature 04 – VOC Reduction (Clean Air Gold).
• Meets for LEED:
  • MR Credit: Building Product Disclosure and Optimization- Sourcing of Raw Materials;
  • IEQ Credit : Low Emitting Furniture;
  • Pilot Credit 112: Certified Multi-attribute Products & Materials.
• Meets for Low Emitting Furniture:
  • ANSI/BIFMA X7.1-2011(R2016);
  • ANSI/BIFMA e3 2014e, Sections 7.6.1, 7.6.2, 7.6.3.

Meets the Practice Greenhealth, Health Care Without Harm Healthy Interiors Criteria for Seating (ie. formerly known as "HHI compliant").

Tested to the ANSI/BIFMA X5.1 General-Purpose Office Chairs standard.

Limited Water Usage: Water is a precious commodity for everyone, especially in the high desert valley surrounding Sparks, Nevada –  our home base. With this in mind, we figured out how to eliminate all H2O beyond the measured amount we use to steam wrinkles out of the final, upholstered product. On our models without upholstered seats, no water is used in the manufacturing process.

Safe Product Usage: We at Via Seating are committed to using products that are safe for the environment as well as the individuals who use them. As a standard practice in our dFe program, we work consistently to identify hazardous chemicals and eliminate them from our products.

Hazardous chemicals we DO NOT use in Via Seating products include:

• hazardous phthalates
• hexavalent chromium
• ozone depletors
• PBDE fire retardants
• PVC

End Of Life Take Back Effort: Via Seating participates in Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful In-Kind donation, we donate chairs that are discontinued and or returned as an open box item. Should you want to donate your gently used Via Seating chair, please contact us at info@viaseating.com.

Awards

Best of NeoCon, Conference Seating: Sustainability