Herman Miller

Lance Wyman began his career working for George Nelson, soon after graduating from Pratt in 1960. While at the Nelson Office, he designed the identity for the Mexico ’68 Olympic Committee. For a designer, as well as for an athlete, the Olympics are the opportunity of a lifetime. Each sports event, each amenity needs clear wayfinding, and in a minimum of three languages. Rather than a sea of words, Wyman created a hierarchy of icons anyone could understand. Nineteen pictures, one for each sport; 19 more for the cultural events; more still for restrooms, concessions, transportation. The graphics formed a pattern across the city, including a pictorial system for Mexico City’s metro. Today, Wyman lives and practices in New York City, continuing to design identity and wayfinding systems for transportation and cultural projects. Wyman taught graphic design at Pratt Institute for over 40 years, and was awarded the prestigious AIGA Medal in 2017. Learn more about Wyman: https://lnkd.in/gy64qXGa

In honor of introducing the highly sustainable bamboo-based upholstery as an option for Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman, we visited with Charles and Ray Eames’s grandchildren, Eames Demetrios of Eames Office and Llisa Demetrios of Eames Institute. They talk about what the iconic design means to them and the lasting impressions Charles and Ray left on them about the iterative nature of design, the role of hospitality, and what it takes to make an heirloom. Eames Office | Available from Herman Miller in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Africa. For Europe and the Middle East please contact Vitra.

In keeping with our longstanding focus on sustainability, we are, for the first time, introducing bamboo-based upholstery as an option on our Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman. Upholstering Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman in material derived from bamboo helps us reduce the materials carbon footprint of the chair by up to 35 percent. Soft, durable, and more scratch resistant and colorfast than any other material, it has already been used in fashion and automotive design. We’re pleased to be able to bring its superior performance and lighter environmental footprint to this iconic design. Shop now: https://lnkd.in/gnTcM_Yv Eames Office | Available in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Africa from Herman Miller and from Vitra in Europe and the Middle East.

Herman Miller has always had a thing for ideas. Now we also have a magazine called Ideas, which showcases our new brand identity. Learn more from Kelsey Keith. Recording now available here: https://lnkd.in/eywqSNyv

Steve Cabella has been amassing Herman Miller vintage for decades. He has decked out his house (a William Wurster-designed home on the edge of the San Francisco Bay in Point Richmond) in midcentury gems from his personal archive: Eames, Nelson, Girard. His reverence for the designers is palpable, for the products unequivocal. “Authenticity is a kind of respect,” Cabella says. Get to know Cabella and see his home at Ideas magazine. Read the story: https://lnkd.in/gEWqscg6 Photography by Mariko Reed

Hurra! Fuld Nesting Chair, designed by Munich-based Stefan Diez, just won the prestigious "Red Dot: Best of the Best" Red Dot Design Award for Product Design—the international design competition’s top distinction within the office chairs category. Forty international experts tested and evaluated each entry individually, scoring designs on four qualities: function, aesthetic, ease of use, and responsibility. Introduced in 2023, Fuld has a sleek, minimalist design and pioneering one-piece construction where the back rest, arms and back legs are one continuous piece. In celebration of the achievement, Fuld Nesting Chair will be on display at Red Dot Design Museum Essen and featured in the Red Dot Design Yearbook. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/giv_UGYM

Fifty years ago today (during NeoCon’s sixth year), Herman Miller introduced a revolutionary concept in office furniture: Chadwick Modular Seating. Free from the constraints of straight walls, in-the-way columns, and linear space planning, this modular system offered a range of dramatic planning possibilities. Designer Don Chadwick—37 at the time and on the precipice of a storied partnership with Herman Miller—brought a new perspective to the brand through material and technological innovation, and his first design for Herman Miller is as relevant today as it was a half-century ago. You may have seen it at Design Days in Chicago this week, or in the pages of Ideas magazine to celebrate the anniversary. Learn more about Chadwick Modular Seating: https://lnkd.in/gY4Csc-y Images courtesy of Herman Miller Archives.

It’s the final day of MillerKnoll Design Days in Chicago. It’s been wonderful to see our design community come together at our updated showroom in Fulton Market, and we’re thrilled to share our new products with you all soon.

Just in time for Design Days: a preview of our newest workspace solution, designed for hybrid work and open floorplans. Bay Work Pod, available in two sizes—coming soon. See it now: https://lnkd.in/g-fq_PMa

Visit our showroom during MillerKnoll Design Days today through June 12 at Chicago’s Fulton Market. This year, we’re celebrating the 50-year anniversary of Chadwick Modular Seating, a sculptural, space-age take on grouping principles that offers endless possibilities. We’re also thrilled to preview new products like the updated Mirra 2 designed by Studio 7.5 and Bay Work Pod. If you visit, make sure to get your copy of the new Ideas magazine. More details: https://lnkd.in/gAuC9MwJ