"Charles Eames felt that it was important to bring value to as many people as possible," says Jerome Caruso. "I agree with him, and I believe that the Reaction chair does that." Caruso and his son Steven are the chair's co-designers. "Reaction is a low-priced, fully adjustable chair that has all the quality and function of a Herman Miller product," Caruso explains. "My son and I came up with a new concept of 'energizing' the chair. Using a composite spring that is made up of glass and fibers, we were able to achieve a very smooth ride. Designing all the support elements from plastic and making many of them multifunctional reduced the cost quite dramatically, and it's an easy chair to manufacture. But the engineering and design that was required to get there was quite intense."