CERES™

Seating

TOTAL SUPPORT IS A
BEAUTIFUL THING

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Design With Purpose
Ceres seating began with scientific research on how people sit. The end
result is a superior sitting experience—and a stylish, beautiful chair.

The aesthetic integrity of form that follows function gives Ceres its
clean, purposeful appearance. Its contours and shape exist to support
you completely as you move throughout your workday. As a bonus,
Ceres also has the aesthetic flexibility to reflect just the right personality
for practically any workplace environment.

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 CLOSING THE GAP
Ceres is uniquely engineered to support the
natural way your body moves.

STANDARD SUPPORT – UPRIGHT

When sitting upright in a standard office chair,
you may feel a separation between your upper
back and the backrest.

COMPLETE SUPPORT
In the studio of Ceres designer Wolfgang Deisig, every
new concept begins with a question: What can be improved?
With Ceres, Deisig set out to improve the back support
delivered by work chairs. He conducted motion studies of
how people sit and revealed a gap in support as they recline.
The kinesthetic design of Ceres addresses this problem,
keeping the backrest in constant contact with your lumbar
as you sit upright, recline, or move between postures.

CERES SUPPORT – UPRIGHT

Sitting upright in a Ceres work chair, you’ll feel the
backrest supporting you from the shoulders down
to the lumbar.

STANDARD SUPPORT – RECLINED

As you recline in a standard office chair, the
backrest pulls away from you, creating a gap
in lumbar support.

CERES SUPPORT – RECLINED

The synchronized tilt of the Ceres work chair
mimics the motion of your body as you recline
to provide total support with no lumbar gap.

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 COMPLETE CONTROL
Seating is personal. At the same time, it’s also universal. That’s why
Ceres makes it easy for everyone in the workplace to take control
of their own superior sitting experience. Ceres accommodates most
workplace applications, and all users from the 5th to 95th percentile.
User adjustments are immediately responsive and fully integrated
into the seat, putting personalization within easy reach.

SIMPLE, INTUITIVE USER ADJUSTMENTS

SEAT HEIGHT TILT TENSION

Seat height adjusts by lifting a lever Moving a slider a span of less than
conveniently placed on the right-hand 2 inches along the right-hand seat edge
edge of the seat. accesses the full range of tilt tension.

SEAT DEPTH TILT LOCK

The seat glides forward or back when a A switch on the left-hand edge of the seat
lever along the left-hand edge of the seat locks the chair in one of three tilt positions.
is lifted.

ARM HEIGHT AND DEPTH ARM WIDTH

Press a button beneath the arms to raise With arms forward, armpads arc in about
or lower them. Push armpads to slide them 5.5 degrees and out about 4.5 degrees.
forward or back.

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 MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE
Design that’s built around function has a natural appeal. There’s
nothing extra, nothing added. Every design detail serves the
same purpose: to add to the flawless functionality of the whole.
With Ceres, the distinctive lines of the work chair echo the
motion of your body as you sit and recline. Even the stackable,
coordinating multi-purpose chair encourages movement with its
unique articulating backrest.

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 FUN FOLLOWS FUNCTION
With Ceres, sophistication comes standard, but style is what you
bring to it—so bring it on! Specify the fabrics and finishes that
express your personality or enhance your brand. Go for fully
upholstered backs for a classic look. Add an ilira®-stretch M4 mesh
back to push the style forward—either a little or a lot, depending
on your color choices. Choose from basic Black, neutral standards
Fog and Vanilla, or playful accents Tangerine and Tomato.
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FINISH STRONG
Five mesh colors, two work chair base colors, two multi-purpose
chair frame colors, and the wide array of HON textile options take
Ceres from classic to playful—with plenty of stops in between.

BACK MESH COLORS

BLACK FOG TANGERINE TOMATO VANILLA

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Ceres mesh colors can provide a playful accent that

turns up the personality of a workplace.

WORK CHAIR WORK CHAIR MULTI-PURPOSE CHAIR

BASE COLORS ARM STEM COLORS FRAME COLORS

POLISHED BLACK POLISHED TEXTURED TEXTURED TEXTURED TEXTURED

ALUMINUM ALUMINUM BLACK PLATINUM BLACK PLATINUM 11
METALLIC METALLIC
 “With Ceres, we set out to support the natural motion
of the human body. That’s what makes it unique. It has
nothing to do with styling. It’s honest, genuine design.”
Wolfgang Deisig
Designer of Ceres
PRODUCTS, MATERIALS, AND FINISHES SHOWN:
Front A: Ceres work chair
with ilira-stretch M4 mesh
back in Black, seat in Brisa®
White, Polished Aluminum
arm stems, and Polished
Aluminum base.
Page 2 B: Ceres work chair
with ilira-stretch M4 mesh
back in Fog, seat in Medium
Pumpkin, Polished Aluminum
arm stems, and Polished
Aluminum base.
Page 4 C: Ceres work chair
with ilira-stretch M4 mesh
back in Tangerine, seat in
Medium Pumpkin, Polished
Aluminum arm stems, and
Polished Aluminum base.
Pages 6-7 D: Ceres work
chairs with ilira-stretch M4
mesh backs in Fog, seats
in Black Leather, Polished
Aluminum arm stems, and
Polished Aluminum bases.
I Announce® veneer conference
table in Bourbon Cherry.
Pages 8-9 E: Ceres work chair
fully upholstered in Whisper
Cashew with Polished
Aluminum arm stems and
Polished Aluminum base.
Ceres multi-purpose chair
fully upholstered in Charged
Carob with arms, glides, and
Textured Platinum Metallic
frame. Announce U-station
veneer desk in Columbian
Walnut with tackboard in
Appoint Morel and frosted
doors with wood frames.
© 2010 The HON Company. Form No. H3981 (11/10)
HON, Announce, Flagship, and Initiate are registered trademarks of HNI Technologies,
under license to The HON Company. Ceres is a trademark of The HON Company.
Brisa is a registered trademark of Ultrafabrics, LLC. ilira is a registered trademark of H.R.
Rathgeber GmbH & Co. KG. Indoor Advantage is a trademark of Scientific Ceritfication
Systems. level is a trademark of BIFMA International. Models, upholstery, and finishes are
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subject to change without notice.
Pages 10-11 F: Ceres
multi-purpose chairs with
ilira-stretch M4 mesh backs
in Tangerine, seats in Medium
Pumpkin, arms, glides, and
Textured Platinum Metallic
frames.
Page 11 G: Ceres work chairs
with ilira-stretch M4 mesh
backs in Black, seats in Brisa
White, Textured Black arm
stems, and Black bases.
Initiate® workstation with
fabric panels in Refuge
Mineral, Platinum Metallic
finish, and laminate
worksurfaces in Steel Mesh.
Flagship® storage in Brilliant
White with pedestal seat in
Messenger Cloud.
Page 11 H: Ceres work chairs
with ilira-stretch M4 mesh
backs in Tomato, seats in
Brisa White, Polished
Aluminum arm stems, and
Polished Aluminum bases.
Initiate workstation with
fabric panels in Refuge Frost,
Platinum Metallic finish, and
laminate worksurfaces in
Steel Mesh. Flagship storage
in Brilliant White with pedestal
seat in Boom Aqueous.
Page 12 I: Ceres work
chair with ilira-stretch M4
mesh back in Vanilla, seat
in Stitchery Jet, Textured
Platinum Metallic arm stems,
and Black base. Initiate
workstation with fabric panels
in Refuge Mineral, Platinum
Metallic finish and laminate
worksurfaces in Steel Mesh.
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800.833.3964
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