The Humanscale Sedeo is a bar stool designed by Don Chadwick, with a contoured seat shell shaped around support for the base of the spine, a die-cast aluminium frame, solid wood legs and a stainless steel foot ring. We have it at bar height in two finishes, maple with a polished frame and white seat, or black-stained oak with a black frame and black seat, in limited clearance quantities.
The Seat
A Stool You Can Actually Sit On
Most bar stools are a flat disc. The Sedeo's seat shell is contoured to match the body, which Humanscale says increases the contact area and reduces pressure points, and its shape is based on support for the sacrum, the base of the spine, to encourage better posture.
That is what makes it a stool for staying put: a long breakfast at the kitchen bench, a stand-up meeting that turns into a sit-down one, or an afternoon at a café-style bar in the office.
The Designer
Designed by Don Chadwick
The Sedeo is a Don Chadwick design for Humanscale, launched in 2024. It is deliberately simple: a sculpted shell, a cast frame and four splayed legs, with nothing that needs adjusting.
This photo shows three of Humanscale's finishes. We have two of them: the maple legs with a polished frame and white seat in the centre, and the all-black stool with black-stained oak legs on the left.
Materials
Cast Aluminium, Solid Wood, Stainless Steel
The frame is die-cast aluminium, which Humanscale says carries 94% recycled content. The legs are solid wood, which Humanscale sources from local sustainable farms, and the foot ring is stainless steel. Humanscale builds it to endure well over a decade of heavy use, and lists it as BIFMA LEVEL 3 and SCS Indoor Advantage Gold.
It weighs 5.76 kg, light enough to carry one-handed, as here. The stool in this photo has maple legs and a black seat, a combination we do not have in this clearance.
Configuration
Bar Height, in Two Finishes
Our clearance stock is the bar-height Sedeo, with a 737 mm seat height and 885 mm overall height, on floor glides. Choose maple legs with a polished aluminium frame and foot ring and a white seat, or black-stained oak legs with a black frame and black seat.
Bar height suits a bar-height bench or table. Measure from the floor to the underside of your benchtop before you order; a common rule of thumb is to leave 25 to 30 cm between the seat and the top. Humanscale also makes a counter-height version with a 647 mm seat, which is not part of this clearance.
Where It Works
Kitchen, Office, Café
Humanscale designed the Sedeo for commercial, residential and hospitality spaces alike. In an office it suits breakout benches, huddle tables and tea points; at home it gives a kitchen island a stool people will happily sit on for longer.
The stools in this photo have black-stained oak legs with a polished frame, a Humanscale finish close to our all-black option, which has a black frame instead.
Why We Stock the Humanscale Sedeo
Good bar stools are rare: most are either comfortable or good-looking. The Sedeo is both, and it carries the same 15-year Humanscale warranty as the task chairs we sell. We picked up a limited run in two finishes and have priced it to clear.
Ordering for a fit-out or a long bench? Call us on 02 9640 0642 and we will tell you exactly how many we have in each finish.
The Details
Five Things That Make It a Sedeo
A contoured seat shell, solid wood legs, a cast aluminium frame, delivery ready to use and two finishes.
Contoured Seat Shell
Shaped to the body to increase contact area and reduce pressure points, with support at the base of the spine.
Solid Wood Legs
Four splayed solid wood legs: clear maple, or oak stained black.
Cast Aluminium Frame
A die-cast aluminium frame with 94% recycled content and a stainless steel foot ring.
Ships Assembled
It arrives ready to use and weighs 5.76 kg, so it moves easily.
Two Finishes
Maple with a polished frame and white seat, or black-stained oak with a black frame and black seat.
The Numbers
- Seat height
- 737 mm
- Overall height
- 885 mm
- Seat width
- 466 mm
- Depth
- 422 mm
- Weight
- 5.76 kg
- User weight
- Up to 125 kg
- Recycled content (frame)
- 94%
- Warranty
- 15 yr (wood 5 yr)
- Delivery
- Assembled
Figures are Humanscale's, from the Sedeo specification sheet (v20260721) and its Australian product page. The sheet's drawings show slightly different values (884 mm overall, 729 mm seat, 419 mm deep); we quote the specification table.
Humanscale Sedeo Bar Stool Specifications
Key Features
-Contoured seat shell designed to match body contours, increasing contact area to reduce pressure points
-Seat shape based on sacral support to encourage better posture (Humanscale)
-Die-cast aluminium frame with 94% recycled content (Humanscale)
-Solid wood legs: clear maple, or oak stained black
-Stainless steel foot ring; floor glides
-Bar height: 737 mm seat height
-Ships assembled
-For commercial, residential and hospitality spaces
-BIFMA LEVEL 3 and SCS Indoor Advantage Gold (as listed by Humanscale)
-Designed by Don Chadwick. Humanscale 15-year warranty on components and parts; wood 5 years
Dimensions
Seat Height (bar)737 mm
Overall Height (bar)885 mm
Seat Width466 mm
Depth422 mm
Weight (bar)5.76 kg
User WeightUp to 125 kg (275 lb)
FrameDie-cast aluminium, polished or black
LegsSolid maple (clear) or oak (black stain)
Foot RingStainless steel
Seat ShellWhite or black
Warranty15 yr components and parts / 5 yr wood
From Humanscale's Sedeo specification sheet (v20260721), its Australian product page and its warranty terms. Humanscale does not publish the seat shell material. The sheet's drawings give 884 mm overall height, 729 mm seat height and 419 mm depth for the bar stool; the table figures are shown here.
Humanscale Sedeo Bar Stool FAQs
Bar height: the seat is 737 mm from the floor and the stool is 885 mm tall overall. Measure from the floor to the underside of your benchtop; a common rule of thumb is to leave 25 to 30 cm between the seat and the top. Humanscale's counter-height Sedeo (647 mm seat) is not part of this clearance.
Two: clear maple legs with a polished aluminium frame and foot ring and a white seat shell, or black-stained oak legs with a black frame and a black seat shell. Quantities are limited in both.
A die-cast aluminium frame (94% recycled content, according to Humanscale), solid wood legs and a stainless steel foot ring. Humanscale does not publish the material of the seat shell, so we don't state one.
Humanscale rates the Sedeo for users up to 125 kg (275 lb). The stool itself weighs 5.76 kg.
No. The Sedeo ships fully assembled and is ready to use out of the box.
Humanscale's specification sheet gives 15 years on components and parts, and its warranty terms cover wood, including the legs, for 5 years. Chair Dinkum is an authorised Humanscale reseller: call us on 02 9640 0642 for any claim. Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law for faulty or damaged goods are separate and are not limited by it. You can visit our Pyrmont showroom at Shop 1, 209 Harris Street to see what is on the floor; call first.
