Herman Miller Office

Herman Miller Office

by Leslie Piña
Herman Miller Office

Herman Miller Office

by Leslie Piña

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Overview

In this long-awaited new volume, classics by Herman Miller’s super-designers — Gilbert Rohde, Charles and Ray Eames, and George Nelson — are shown along with more recent office furniture designs. Furniture designs are described in detail and shown in color and black-and-white photographs, all from the Herman Miller archives. An essay on the history of the office, designer biographies, company chronology, appendix, bibliography, index, and value guide make this book essential for collectors, dealers, curators, designers, and other devotees of modernism. Herman Miller was the first American company to design and manufacture exclusively modern furniture. From the 1930s, Herman Miller has been a leader in modern design. The same company also led the office revolution and is a name synonymous with the best modern contract furniture. From Action Office I of the 1960s to the Aeron Chair of the late 1990s, Herman Miller has consistently introduced designs that have become classics that are being collected along with the residential icons of modernism.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780764316500
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
Publication date: 09/25/2002
Series: Schiffer Design Book Ser.
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 11.00(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)
Age Range: 15 - 18 Years

About the Author

Leslie Piña, Ph.D., is the author of Fifties Furniture, Classic Herman Miller, Graphic Herman Miller, Herman Miller Interior Views, Furniture 2000, and many other books on decorative arts and design, and arranged for the reprinting of the Herman Miller 1939, 1940, and 1955/1956 catalogs.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments4
Preface5
Introduction: Office History8
1Gilbert Rohde14
2George Nelson33
3Action Office: Robert Propst59
4Charles and Ray Eames80
5Peter Protzmann100
6Ray Wilkes104
7Bruce Burdick115
8Jorgen Rasmussan122
9Bill Stumpf128
10Don Chadwick141
11Jack Kelley154
12Tom Newhouse162
13Geoff Hollington168
14Richard Holbrook178
15Other Designers180
Appendix ACare & Maintenance197
Appendix BTimeline208
Sources215
Value Guide218
Index221
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