Working at Ikaria Design Company
Ikaria Design Company is a certified B Corp and small family-run business based in Columbia, Missouri, reimagining the way people work and live through movement-first furniture design. Best known as the makers of the award-winning Soul Seat® — the original cross-legged office chair — we blend thoughtful body-conscious design with a deep commitment to sustainability, local craftsmanship, and human well-being.
Every product is handcrafted by local artisans using eco-friendly materials, and our values extend well beyond the workshop. We our proud to offer our a BuyBack Promise to keep furniture out of landfills, and we ground every decision in transparency and community trust.
Working at Ikaria Design means your contributions have a direct and visible impact, where curiosity and design thinking are genuinely encouraged. We actively support LGBTQ+ inclusion, environmental stewardship, and equitable communities because we believe the health of our people and our planet are core to everything we do. We are unequivocally opposed to authoritarianism and discrimination in all forms, and we believe that a truly inclusive workplace means openly standing against systems and ideologies that seek to marginalize or dehumanize any person or group.
If you're the kind of person who enjoys sitting weird, cares about using business as a force for good, and wants to help challenge the status quo of how we work, we’d love to meet you!