The Herman Miller Collection: A Portfolio of Great Furniture
The Herman Miller Collection and resulting website launch draws on George Nelson’s vision of “a permanent collection designed to meet fully the requirements for modern living.” This comprehensive portfolio offers a breadth and depth of products...
Studio 7.5: “Design by Its Nature is Collaborative” Video
Designers Burkhard Schmitz, Claudia Plikat and Carola Zwick, along with engineer Roland Zwick, thought it would be lucrative to set up a design studio on wheels. Although the truck didn’t work out, they kept the number as a reminder to continuo...
Gianfranco Zaccai – Comparing Great Food with Great Design
In the latest installment of Herman Miller’s Why Design series, the company sat down with Gianfranco Zaccai, co-founder of Boston design company Continuum. In the video, Zaccai explains the analogies between great food and great design while in...
Designer Irving Harper Explains Why Paper is a Versatile Medium
Irving Harper’s Rye, New York home is filled with evidence of his creativity. The design director of the Nelson Office has created almost 500 pieces of paper art and sculptures, most of which inhabit his living quarters. Starting as a way to relieve...
Minnie Pwerle x Herman Miller SAYL Chair
American manufacturer Herman Miller has announced a special series entitled “Unframed Art” in which the brand will team with an array of artists and companies for unique renditions of its SAYL chair. The first of these collaborations feat...
Herman Miller New York Pop-Up Shop
To celebrate the release of the new Herman Miller Collection, the American furniture brand has opened a unique and temporary commercial space in the heart of Manhattan. Located in SoHo at 68 Wooster Street, the pop-up shop celebrates the launch of th...
Herman Miller 2012 Outdoor Collection
As the company itself so accurately states, “Our lives don’t stop outside the walls of our buildings.” Well known for its longstanding contemporary furniture design, the latest Herman Miller collection takes shape with an outdoor-ge...
The Herman Miller Collection
Modern American office furniture and equipment manufacturer Herman Miller has announced a brand new portfolio, aptly titled the Herman Miller Collection. Set to launch first in the U.S. before expanding to global markets later this year, the collecti...
Co. Design: How an Aeron Chair Gets Built Every 17 Seconds
Although current public perceptions of American manufacturing are treated with mixed opinions, the reality is that the United States is still one of the world’s primary manufacturers. But what’s different, is that many existing plants in...
Black Peanuts 2012 Capsule Collection
Last week saw the a preview of the Black Peanuts Capsule Collection released by Medicom Toy. Although they were set for an extremely limited run in Japan, the collection in its entirety is now available at Dover Street Market London as well. The all...
“Black Peanuts” Capsule Collection Preview
The beloved characters from the Charles M. Schultz world of Peanuts are getting the blackout treatment for a limited edition capsule collection by Medicom Toy. These soon-to-be extremely rare figurines will be initially exclusively available at Dover...
Mid-Century MODERN x Herman Miller Eames Shell Chair
Mid-Century MODERN recently initiated a bespoke, custom-designed Herman Miller Eames Shell Chair. The iconic chair is drafted up in a muted seafoam green finish, effectively conveying a retro and sophisticated rendition of the vintage chair. The limi...
“Essential Eames” Exhibition @ HKDI Gallery
The work of Charles and Ray Eames is set to have an exhibition at the HKDI Gallery, called “Essential Eames.” If you haven’t heard or seen the work of the husband and wife partnership of Charles and Ray Eames, then you have missed o...
