Node Educational Furniture & Seating

Features:

• Casters lend mobility for quick, easy transitions between teaching modes.
• Swivel seat keeps open sightlines between student and instructor, whiteboard, and other students.
• Personal worksurface is adjustable, non-handed, and large enough to support digital and analog resources.
• Base keeps backpacks and valuable personal belongings out of the aisle.
• Flexible seat, without pneumatic adjustments to worry about, keeps students comfortable in a variety of postures.
• Open seat design offers easy access, while arms serve as backpack hooks.
• Comfort without upholstery means easy maintenance.
• Steelcase warranty with elevated durability testing makes node an easy choice. 

Move more
The node chair is highly mobile—a quality that translates directly into classroom performance. A lesson plan can be carried out more effectively when seating is arranged and rearranged effortlessly. Traditional classroom seating has limited mobility, putting the burden on educators to adapt. The node chair, however, accommodates any teaching style.

The swivel seat is another design advantage. It gives students the freedom to shift focus throughout the room. And, because the personal worksurface swivels in tandem, books, laptops, and other information remain at their fingertips. It’s subtle, but clear sightlines to the instructor, fellow students, and whiteboards can dramatically enhance interaction. 
 
Store more
Until now, there’s been very little thought given to where, or how, students are to stow their backpacks and other personal items. The base of the node chair provides a unique storage solution for backpacks and student belongings that usually clutter the aisles. This allows quicker and easier transitions between teaching modes.
Even the arms on node serve a storage purpose. Aside from being a place to rest your elbows, they are designed to hold a backpack or bag, keeping personal items safe, secure, and close at hand.

Fit more
No two students are alike. With that in mind, the node chair has been designed with an adjustable worksurface, providing a perfect fit for students of all shapes and sizes. The node chair’s worksurface accommodates both left- and right-handed students. And, unlike traditional classroom seating, the node worksurface has room for laptops, mobile devices, textbooks, water bottles... whatever students bring to class. 

Every stage of the node chair’s life is being considered. We work with McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC), selecting materials that are assessed safe for human and environmental health.

The node chair is level™ 2 certified to the BIFMA e3 sustainability standard. According to BIFMA, the level™ conformance mark ensures a comprehensive, independent and impartial assessment of the environmental and social impacts of a product’s manufacture. level makes it easy to identify products that have been evaluated against a consensus-based, multi-attribute sustainability standard.

The node chair is Indoor Advantage™ Gold Certified by Scientific Certification Systems (SCS).

The node chair is undergoing a complete Life Cycle Assessment, evaluating the chair’s lifelong impact on the environment—from materials extraction through production, shipping, use, and end of life.

The node chair can be purchased with or without a worksurface.
The seat shell is available in 12 color options. The base is available in 3 color options. The worksurface is available in 5 color options.
 
Base options include hard casters, soft casters and glides.

Node Classroom Seating Brochure

Node Classroom Seating Environmental Profile