Choosing a good chair is easy when you know what you're looking for. At SIS, we think that there are five key criteria:

Function
First, you need to consider where the chair will be used and whether it will have to play a double or even a triple role during a typical school week. SIS makes seating for many functional areas: classrooms, spaces for project or group work, labs and workshops, meeting rooms, cafeterias, hallways, lounges. Some seating works well in more than one area some does not. For example, classroom chairs work fine in a canteen, but not all meeting room chairs can make the transition to the classroom.

Ergonomics
Children spend much of their school time sitting in chairs. We think good seating supports good learning, so ergonomics are a fundamental part of all SIS design. Features like seat angle, adjustable back support, and footrests are key to offering good and varied sitting positions. If more than one person uses a chair regularly, then height adjustability is also critical.

Durability
When is the last time that you jumped up and down on your office chair? Hung a wet overcoat over its back? Or cleaned your fingers on it after lunch? SIS chairs are made for schools not offices. And we build them for the toughest use that schools can give them. That's why our guarantee is among the very best on the market: 20 years!

Flexibility
Today's schools demand a high degree of mobility, adjustability and flexibility from their furniture. On any given day, a single chair might have to keep up with growing children, serve classroom duty and project work and even host a parents' meeting or adult education classes in the evening. SIS furniture is part of a flexible furniture system that keeps up with schools' changing needs. Around the clock, throughout the week and year after year.

Design
Of course, design is all about looking good. But good design also means safety in use, ease of cleaning and maintenance as well as ergonomics, durability and flexibility. At SIS, form and function go together to create designs that have stood the test of time.