Alright, now that I’ve settled on the iMac for my desktop system, it’s time to think about the furniture of my new home office. Priority #1: The chair. As I was in Milan this afternoon and had a couple of hours to spend, I looked up the address of the local Herman Miller dealer and payed them a visit.
By the way, I hope to help them with their ridiculous Google ranking (which is to be expected, given a Flash-only website, what nonsense!) by giving them a link. Will I get a bigger discount after this? I don’t think so, but it’s worth trying 
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Amenities aside, I did a brief test of the Aeron and Mirra chairs and what can I say? I’m hooked! I don’t want anything else now. I will probably buy a Mirra, especially after having read this review at Pixelsurgeon. Compared to the Aeron, if offers less choices of size and finish, but is much cheaper and equally comfortable.
I also learned that Herman Miller manufactures a number of very nice furniture pieces, so I’m going to peruse the catalogs a bit and then ask the dealer for an offer for the furnishing of the whole office, hoping to get more favorable terms this way.
You’ve got me interested. Found who sells ‘em in Moscow – darn – no price on their site – called – well 1′100 – 1′300 euro – not really a price for me – it’s a pity I can’t justify spending _that_ much especially knowning that 90% of time I spend at work in the office not at home… How much do they cost in Italy?
The Mirra starts at about 700 euros (list price, plus VAT) and more if you add options. Given how things tend to work here, I would expect to have a discount comparable to the VAT (20%) or more.
The Aeron starts from more than 1000 euros and can go to much more than that as it has many more options available.
Have you really tried the Aeron Chair, though? The online reviews I read mostly said it was better.
We wrote about the Aeron Chair on our blog – take a look if you want to.
Happy sitting,
Amy (& Drew)
http://achairfantastic.blogspot.com/2005/12/herman-miller-aeron-chair.html