From IFA demonstrations to a wider design question: why should an office chair expect the body to stay still?

At IFA Berlin 2026, ARBREST put a chair through movements that office furniture often treats as exceptions. COVE is the new brand’s first product, made its world debut with an IFA Best of Design award. At Hall 2.2, Stand 141, visitors leaned toward a desk, shifted their shoulders, turned and reclined. The demonstration made a larger point: working is not a single posture, and support should not disappear when the body changes direction.

COVE is ARBREST’s first product and first expression of that idea in the ergonomic chair category. The new smart lifestyletechnology brand focuses on real needs that remain poorly addressed in work and everyday life. Its aim is to let technology recede into the background. COVE is the brand’s first step, not a claim that ARBREST will only make ergonomic chairs.

The reason for developing the chair is closely connected to the limits of standard office...

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