• Steelcase Karman is weight-activated and responds automatically to your body weight. The chair adjusts its support as you shift and change postures while sitting. All adjustments for the chair are located on the right-hand side within arm’s reach. 
• The height of your seat can be adjusted using the small lever under the seat. To raise, lift your weight off the chair and pull the lever up. To lower, remain seated and pull the lever up. The chair’s proper position is when your feet are flat on the floor, thighs are parallel to the floor and arms are parallel to your work surface.
• Karman’s armrests move independently, so you can customize the fit for each side. To adjust the arm height, press the button under the arm, lift or lower the armrest to your desired height and then release button. You can adjust the width, pivot or depth of the armrest by pushing arm caps in or out, forward or backward or side to side. Armrests are adjusted properly when your forearms are supported at your sides and your shoulders are relaxed.
• Steelcase Karman has one simple control to adjust both back tension and recline. The comfort dial supports four recline positions: 

1. Weight-activated full recline. 
2. Weight-activated full recline with tension that has more resistance than your body is providing. 
3. Mid-stop recline setting. 
4. Upright lock setting.

Karman includes built-in lumbar support in every chair. An optional lumbar support is available to provide additional support to your lower back. Slide the lumbar up or down to fit in the curve of your back. The additional support is optional for those who feel they can benefit from even more lumbar support.

Yes, Steelcase Karman is an ergonomic office chair with full ergonomic support featuring a patented hybrid seat. The integrated cushioning provides maximum comfort for as long as you sit. The comfort edge on the streamlined back and seat frame flexes so there are no hard edges or pressure points on your legs and body. Four-way arms adjust for height, width, depth and pivot. LiveBack technology balances body weight, and supports your back and spine while providing responsive, personalized comfort and fit. Intermix, is a proprietary performance textile, utilizing a unique weaving process that creates ideal ergonomic support – it never sages or feels stiff.

Yes, Karman has superior lumbar support built in. The proprietary performance textile, Intermix, provides ergonomic lumbar support for people of all shapes and sizes. For additional support, an optional adjustable lumbar is available.

Intermix is a proprietary performance textile designed exclusively for Steelcase Karman. This revolutionary breathable textile goes beyond the comfort and performance of ordinary mesh. 

Intermix was developed through an exclusive weaving process that incorporates yarns and filaments into the weave. In unison with Steelcase Karman’s flexible frame, Intermix achieves perfect tension that distributes your weight evenly over the seat and back, flexing to your movement and fitting the contours of your body perfectly. 

To clean Intermix textile of the Karman chair, use a mild detergent shampoo, foam, or dry cleaning solvents. Do not saturate with liquids or use bleach. For more information, learn how to clean Steelcase products.

Unlike traditional mesh, the versatility in the Intermix proprietary weaving process results in a platform for diversity and expression. Intermix offers an industry-leading color range that allows Steelcase Karman to fit a wide range of spaces. 

The unique weaving process results in three variations of Intermix: 

• Intermix is classic and translucent with a more traditional mesh look and feel. 
• Intermix Shift is color-shifting and provocative with a dynamic visual that changes with light and viewing angle. 

Intermix Opaque is luxurious and residential with the hand-feel of upholstery. To achieve this residential look Steelcase Karman was created with a single layer of mesh with additional filaments. 

No, at this time we are not offering a Steelcase Karman headrest option. 

Steelcase Karman was designed with a fixed seat depth to create a dynamic sitting experience so there is no need to adjust the seat depth to support the full legs. The seat was intentionally designed this way giving you a perfectly balanced feeling, as you choose your recline position, the seat flexes to position you in the optimal counter balanced position. This position balances your weight and keeps your body centered over your sit bones, for the ideal ergonomic support. 

This, in turn, mitigates the risk factors that we commonly see, like contact stress on the back of the knee and other passive tissues. 

Karman is expertly designed to keep you engaged with your work while supporting your weight evenly, and to providing all-day comfort.

Steelcase Karman delivers on our carbon commitments and represents a holistic approach to sustainability. We focused on a solution that uses the smallest volume of virgin plastic, yet ensures it still achieves the level of performance and durability that accompanies Steelcase seating. We’re committed to carbon reduction and this chair reduces its impact on the earth because it takes less energy to make. We also look at materials to understand how they can be used or reused at the end of their life.