How to choose chairs and armchairs for conferences and meeting rooms

Whether it is a meeting in a professional office or a conference or even a presentation event, we always find a constant in these situations (COVID aside): a number of people who will be sitting for a period of time more or less. In these situations sitting in a certified office chair helps both back and well-being.

For this reason choosing the best chairs for conference or meeting rooms is not as easy as it may seem.

First of all, it is necessary to orientate oneself towards a chair that is not only aesthetically beautiful, but above all comfortable: fortunately there are several models of designer meeting room chairs that are also ergonomic, i.e., thanks to their shape, they are able to facilitate the maintenance of a correct posture.

Classic design and colours: taste and style

As far as the aesthetic characteristics of conference or meeting room chairs are concerned, it is certainly necessary to adapt the choice to the style of the room in which the chairs are to be placed.

A sober style, especially for meeting rooms of offices and professional studios, is certainly the most suitable. Be careful, however, not to choose a model with too bulky shapes and style, because a large number of this type of chairs can risk making the room not very bright.

For this reason also the choice of colour of the chairs for a classroom or meeting room should focus more on light or neutral colours, in order to guarantee maximum brightness to the environment. In our catalogue we also have high quality office chairs and armchairs.

I am looking for chairs for a conference room: what are the most suitable models?

When we are looking for chairs for our conference or meeting room, we also have to consider some practical aspects: for example, if the same room is used not only for events or conferences, we could think of stackable chairs for the meeting room, so as to gain space when not all the chairs are used.

Obviously they must be light chairs, so that they can be moved easily. 

Also, considering the practicality of use, the choice of a conference chair with flap should be considered: considering that during a conference, a lecture or a meeting it is very likely that participants will need to take notes or place a tablet or notebook in a stable and safe way, flap chairs are perfect, because they offer a work surface that can be easily used.

In other situations, office chairs on wheels may be more practical.

Arranging chairs in the conference room: how to organise the space?

Although it is very important to choose the right chair model for a meeting or conference room, there is another important aspect that is often overlooked: the correct arrangement of the chairs themselves.

When talking about a meeting room, the positioning must take into account above all the presence of a projector or a screen on which images and presentations flow, which the participants must follow: the chairs must therefore be positioned in such a way that this central "point" of the room is visible in a complete and comfortable way by everyone.

Different is the situation that is created inside a conference room: in this case a large number of participants is usually expected and each subject must have its own "living space", which must have a minimum size of 50 x 50 centimeters (although a larger space is certainly more comfortable).

Moreover, when conference room chairs are arranged in several rows, a minimum space of about one metre between one row and the other must be considered: in this way it is possible to comfortably access the chairs.

Brindisi chair: ideal solution for practicality and lightness

If you want to choose a model of chair for a conference room, surely the Brindisi steel chair can be considered one of the best: it is in fact a chair with a light and at the same time sturdy structure, which you can choose either without armrests or with an armrest with worktop.

Its structure makes it easily movable and stackable to recover space and the choice of colours, both for the frame and the seat and backrest, make it suitable for different types of furniture.