Herman Miller
Herman Miller is an American icon for ergonomic office and residential furniture design, founded in 1923 as the Herman Miller Furniture Company when D.J. De Pree asked his father-in-law Herman Miller — a businessman from West Michigan — to acquire the majority shares of the Michigan Star Furniture Company. De Pree assumed the presidency. In 1930 he met New York designer Gilbert Rohde, who convinced him to abandon traditional reproduction furniture in favour of modern, functional products. In 1942 Rohde designed the Executive Office Group — Herman Miller's definitive entry into the office furniture market. Subsequently Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alexander Girard, Isamu Noguchi, Robert Propst (Action Office, 1968 — first modular office workstation in the world), Bill Stumpf, Don Chadwick (Aeron chair), Yves Béhar, Studio 7.5 and Doug Ball shaped the company's history. Herman Miller is today part of MillerKnoll, the global furniture group formed after the merger with Knoll (2021), and produces in Zeeland (Michigan) and further locations in the USA, China, Italy and the UK.
Signature products: Aeron chair (Stumpf/Chadwick — biomechanical, posturally optimised, first cell suspension technology), Cosm chair (Studio 7.5 — natural balance, immediate physical response), Mirra/Mirra 2 (Studio 7.5), Setu (Studio 7.5), Living Office (concept for human-oriented office design), Embody (Bill Stumpf/Jeff Weber — support structure that moves like a skeleton). From the furniture design icon history: Eames Lounge Chair (1956), Coconut Chair (George Nelson), Nelson Platform Bench. Product categories: office task chairs, conference seating, desks (height-adjustable), seating systems, partition wall systems, lounge armchairs, home work collection. Manufacturing certifications: LEED, Cradle to Cradle, BIFMA Level.
For architects and interior designers seeking for office, educational, healthcare and residential projects an American design icon active since 1923 in Zeeland (Michigan) that with Robert Propst (Action Office 1968), Charles and Ray Eames (Lounge Chair 1956), Bill Stumpf (Aeron) and Studio 7.5 (Cosm) made fundamental contributions to the history of ergonomic office furniture design, is today present in over 100 countries as part of MillerKnoll, and with products such as the Aeron and Cosm chairs sets the global standard for ergonomic contract seating — Herman Miller has significantly written the history of office furniture since 1923 in Zeeland (Michigan): Robert Propst invented the first modular office workstation in 1968, Stumpf and Chadwick the Aeron in 1994, Studio 7.5 the Cosm — and today present as part of MillerKnoll in over 100 countries.
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Herman Miller
Herman Miller is an American icon for ergonomic office and residential furniture design, founded in 1923 as the Herman Miller Furniture Company when D.J. De Pree asked his father-in-law Herman Miller — a businessman from West Michigan — to acquire the majority shares of the Michigan Star Furniture Company. De Pree assumed the presidency. In 1930 he met New York designer Gilbert Rohde, who convinced him to abandon traditional reproduction furniture in favour of modern, functional products. In 1942 Rohde designed the Executive Office Group — Herman Miller's definitive entry into the office furniture market. Subsequently Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, Alexander Girard, Isamu Noguchi, Robert Propst (Action Office, 1968 — first modular office workstation in the world), Bill Stumpf, Don Chadwick (Aeron chair), Yves Béhar, Studio 7.5 and Doug Ball shaped the company's history. Herman Miller is today part of MillerKnoll, the global furniture group formed after the merger with Knoll (2021), and produces in Zeeland (Michigan) and further locations in the USA, China, Italy and the UK.
Signature products: Aeron chair (Stumpf/Chadwick — biomechanical, posturally optimised, first cell suspension technology), Cosm chair (Studio 7.5 — natural balance, immediate physical response), Mirra/Mirra 2 (Studio 7.5), Setu (Studio 7.5), Living Office (concept for human-oriented office design), Embody (Bill Stumpf/Jeff Weber — support structure that moves like a skeleton). From the furniture design icon history: Eames Lounge Chair (1956), Coconut Chair (George Nelson), Nelson Platform Bench. Product categories: office task chairs, conference seating, desks (height-adjustable), seating systems, partition wall systems, lounge armchairs, home work collection. Manufacturing certifications: LEED, Cradle to Cradle, BIFMA Level.
For architects and interior designers seeking for office, educational, healthcare and residential projects an American design icon active since 1923 in Zeeland (Michigan) that with Robert Propst (Action Office 1968), Charles and Ray Eames (Lounge Chair 1956), Bill Stumpf (Aeron) and Studio 7.5 (Cosm) made fundamental contributions to the history of ergonomic office furniture design, is today present in over 100 countries as part of MillerKnoll, and with products such as the Aeron and Cosm chairs sets the global standard for ergonomic contract seating — Herman Miller has significantly written the history of office furniture since 1923 in Zeeland (Michigan): Robert Propst invented the first modular office workstation in 1968, Stumpf and Chadwick the Aeron in 1994, Studio 7.5 the Cosm — and today present as part of MillerKnoll in over 100 countries.