Wagner
Wagner Living is the premium ergonomics brand of Topstar GmbH, based in Langenneufnach (Augsburg district, Bavaria), founded in 1976 by Michael Wagner and his wife Christine — the same year as Apple. The company's history begins earlier: father Moritz Wagner started industrial production of wooden chairs at the same site in 1949/1950, including the classic Wirtshausstuhl (pub chair), which still stands in numerous local restaurants today. The Wagner brand in its current form was launched in 1999, when the specialist trade called for a premium ergonomics marque. The core of the product philosophy is the patented Dondola® joint: it decouples the seat from the base and allows movement in all directions — scientifically validated by studies in 2006 and 2013. The company is now in its third generation (Michael Wagner and his three sons), employs around 520 people and produces over one million chairs per year across 100,000 m².
The product range reflects design ambition and engineering ethics simultaneously: the D1 (design Stefan Diez, from 2018) carries the Dondola® 4D joint — movement on four axes — as its primary and deliberately exposed design element. The S1 (design Sven von Boetticher, German Design Award 2022) quotes the archetype of the early office chair with springy plastic braces — all components in pure-grade materials, sourced regionally. The W3D stool (design Hadi Teherani) is made from 3D-printed bio-plastic. Wagner also furnished the CLOUDS restaurant in Hadi Teherani's "Tanzende Türme" in Hamburg.
For workplace planners and interior designers seeking a German manufacturer with measurable ergonomic evidence, a strategy of deliberately visible mechanics as design language, premium designer partnerships and a consistent pure-material approach, Wagner Living is the strongest individual brand in the high-ergonomic office chair segment from the Bavarian manufacturing cluster.
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Wagner
Wagner Living is the premium ergonomics brand of Topstar GmbH, based in Langenneufnach (Augsburg district, Bavaria), founded in 1976 by Michael Wagner and his wife Christine — the same year as Apple. The company's history begins earlier: father Moritz Wagner started industrial production of wooden chairs at the same site in 1949/1950, including the classic Wirtshausstuhl (pub chair), which still stands in numerous local restaurants today. The Wagner brand in its current form was launched in 1999, when the specialist trade called for a premium ergonomics marque. The core of the product philosophy is the patented Dondola® joint: it decouples the seat from the base and allows movement in all directions — scientifically validated by studies in 2006 and 2013. The company is now in its third generation (Michael Wagner and his three sons), employs around 520 people and produces over one million chairs per year across 100,000 m².
The product range reflects design ambition and engineering ethics simultaneously: the D1 (design Stefan Diez, from 2018) carries the Dondola® 4D joint — movement on four axes — as its primary and deliberately exposed design element. The S1 (design Sven von Boetticher, German Design Award 2022) quotes the archetype of the early office chair with springy plastic braces — all components in pure-grade materials, sourced regionally. The W3D stool (design Hadi Teherani) is made from 3D-printed bio-plastic. Wagner also furnished the CLOUDS restaurant in Hadi Teherani's "Tanzende Türme" in Hamburg.
For workplace planners and interior designers seeking a German manufacturer with measurable ergonomic evidence, a strategy of deliberately visible mechanics as design language, premium designer partnerships and a consistent pure-material approach, Wagner Living is the strongest individual brand in the high-ergonomic office chair segment from the Bavarian manufacturing cluster.