Organic Overflow at Milan Design Week 2019

Floral use in furniture, installations and more To offset the precision frequently associated with furniture design, many participants in Milan Design Week 2019 used elements from nature to add soft, organic overflow to their presentations. In many instances, we’re simply referring to the calculated use of trees and plants near or atop artificial elements of design. With two specific exhibitions, however, floral components composed the …
Tags: Design, Milan, Furniture, Norman, Chairs, Installations, Tom Dixon, Milan Design Week, COS, Herman Miller, Raf Simons, Kvadrat, Alcova, Design Fairs, Milan Design Week 2019, Nilufar Depot

Top 10 Best Office Chairs for Maximum Comfort

In 2012, a study found that we spend an average of 64 hours every week sitting on our gluteus maximus, the back to our fronts, more commonly known as our butt. That works out to about nine hours a day. That’s for an average person. If you work from home, it is likely going to be a much higher average number per day, depending on the day. While too much sitting every day can lead to health problems such as weight gain, poor blood circulation, and even diabetes having an occupation where sitting i...
Tags: Amazon, Design, Miscellaneous, US, Best, Best Of, Chairs, Jacob, Steelcase, Herman Miller, Eurotech, Raynor, Humanscale, Niels Diffrient, Alera, Amazon Essentials

Core77's Milan Design Week Guide Part 1: Exhibitions Around Town

It doesn't matter if you're a veteran or if it's your first time at the rodeo—Milan Design Week is overwhelming. Don't get us wrong, it's a good overwhelming—filled with inspiring installations and thought-provoking exhibitions. However, doing research to sort through exhibitions can be an exhausting endeavor. While we can't help you secure a last-minute AirBnb for under €100 per night, we can give you an organized breakdown of shows we're planning to see ourselves during the festival. Below are...
Tags: Japan, Design, Milan, London, Alibaba, Sony, Finland, Laufen, Don, Milan Design Week, Herman Miller, Piazza San Marco, Raf Simons, Artek, Savona, Rimowa

The SSD Chair proves that more designers should take to crowdfunding

If IKEA pioneered the flat-pack furniture industry, the SSD Chair brought it to crowdfunding. You see, a lot of designs get abandoned as concepts because there’s no easy way to manufacture and sell them without having distribution channels, marketing teams, and retail partners. IKEA is what it is today only because it’s a phenomenal force of retail and has warehouses and brick-and-mortar stores in a number of countries… most independent designers do not. Creating a chair is easy. Selling it is...
Tags: Deals, Europe, Design, Ikea, Solid State Drive, Popular, Product Design, Random, Seating, Herman Miller, PEFC, SSD Chair, TIPTOE, Oak Walnut, Graphite Black Cloudy White Ash Pink

Herman Miller Aeron Chair Open Box Size B Fully Loaded With Hardwood Casters For Just $430.99 Shipped Via eBay Daily Deals!

-Click here to view all of eBay’s daily deals. -Enroll in eBay Bucks and get 1% back (or more via targeted offers) on your eBay purchases. Herman Miller Aeron Chair Open Box Size B Fully Loaded With Hardwood Casters For Just $430.99 Shipped Via eBay Daily Deals! You must use a desktop browser to view […]
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Furniture Majors Snapshot, Q4 2018: Steelcase and Subsidiary Brands Show Strongest Annual Growth

Our furniture majors snapshot for the last quarter of 2018 demonstrates the familiar competition between Herman Miller and Steelcase, with the latter showing the highest spec rate at quarter’s close (5.46%). However, Steelcase is hot on the heels with a closing rate of 4.9%. Among the Majors, Haworth is third at 2.06%, while Knoll brings up the rear at 1.87%. This is the same order as at the end of Q318, but longer-term trends are markedly different, with Herman Miller dropping sharply at year’s...
Tags: Books, Uncategorized, Steelcase, Herman Miller, Knoll, Haworth, Market Analysis, Buzzispace, Coalesse, Naughtone, Annual Growth, Orange Box, Profiles and Research, Furniture Majors, Furniture Majors Snapshot, Q418

20 Most Influential Graphic Design Companies From Around the World

Graphic design is a notoriously competitive field and it can be tough for companies to stand out. But, at least twenty graphic design firms from around the world have proven to be the best in their field, with gorgeous portfolios filled with impressive clients and prominent design campaigns. These are the design firms that clients with virtually unlimited budgets turn to when they need a brand identity, packaging design, or help with other types of design. These design firms drive graphic desig...
Tags: Apple, Startups, New York, Design, London, Jimmy Kimmel, Berlin, New York City, Inspiration, Samsung, Sales, San Francisco, Entrepreneurs, Spain, Barcelona, Chicago

Highlights From COOL HUNTING + PROJECT

Our partnership at the trade show sent attendees on a scavenger hunt and rewarded their efforts with excellent prizes At the first PROJECT NY of 2019, COOL HUNTING attended as more than just members of the media. Partnering with PROJECT on a standalone booth and a playful initiative, we urged attendees (primarily buyers and retailers) to really immerse themselves and visit plenty of the brands …
Tags: Sponsored, Fashion, Design, Style, Project, Trade Shows, Herman Miller, Project New York, UBM Fashion

Huron adds two partners to team

Huron Capital has appointed Brian C. Walker as partner in charge of strategic leadership at the portfolio company level. Also, the lower-middle market private equity firm has hired Sherry Mennenga as a partner. Walker is a former Herman Miller CEO while Mennenga is an ex-senior vice president at Smith & Nephew. PRESS RELEASE Detroit, MI – January 23, 2019 – Leading lower-middle-market private equity firm Huron Capital announced today that former Herman Miller CEO Brian C. Walker is joining the f...
Tags: New York, Trends, People, Brian, North America, Human Capital, Sherry, Walker, Huron, Herman Miller, Knowles, Blum, Houlihan Lokey, Brian Walker, Denison, Cooper Tire Rubber Co

Tools & Craft #124: The Future of Furniture, Part 6 - Solid

After detailing the final steps of the project of making a dresser, the anonymous author of Joiner and Cabinetmaker describes how cabinetmakers would use veneering and other techniques to set off the dresser to a different level of work. Such was the distinction between joiners work and cabinetmaking in the eighteenth and nineteenth century. Cabinet work was veneered and decorated, whereas joiner's work was not. In professional work this is no different today. The low-end carcass will be melamin...
Tags: New York, Design, Mexico, United States, Ikea, Cabinet, Windsor, Joiner, Manuel, Herman Miller, Duncan Phyfe, Yoav, Tools & Craft, Oak Ash Birch Maple Walnut, Yoav Liberman

Airia Desk and Media Cabinet by Herman Miller

The Airia Desk and Media Cabinet combines wood and aluminum to create a welcoming desk with feel-good texture. It should encourage everyone to get to work! Designed by Ayako Takase and Cutter Hutton of Observatory, Airia is “an intelligent desk that acknowledges technology and the stuff that we accumulate when working, but in a subtle, integrated, and intuitive manner.” With slim but accommodating drawers and cord cutouts, Airia Desk lets you keep surfaces free of clutter. The coordinating Med...
Tags: Books, Storage, Furniture, Desks, Modern Desk, Observatory, Herman Miller, Media Cabinet, Airia Desk, Airia Media Cabinet, Ayako Takase, Cutter Hutton, Modern Storage, Wood And Aluminum, Wood And Aluminum Desk, Airia Desk and Media Cabinet

Record Order Flow Boosts Herman Miller's Results

Rapid intake of new orders bodes well for the coming quarter as well.
Tags: Finance, Article, FBN, Herman Miller, Motley Fool, Fbn/markets, Fox-business/markets, 70be6464-8bd2-55cf-ad25-197f9e76eda5

Tools & Craft #120: The Future of Furniture, Part 2 - Goals

What kind of furniture will furniture makers make in the future? Before we can reasonably predict the future of furniture, we need to understand the goals and values of the furniture's makers. Is it to build something practical? Engage in creative expression? Work practically within time and money constraints? Are we just trying to see if we can credibly perform one technique or another -- or make sure the piece is within our skill set or the range of our equipment capability? Are we striving...
Tags: Japan, Design, Brooklyn, Ikea, Furniture Design, Joel, Herman Miller, Joel Moskowitz, Tools for Working Wood, Gramercy Tools, Tools & Craft, Corn Schmid, TFWW Corn

Black Friday 2018: The Best PC Accessory Deals

Accessories for your PC generally don’t get the same kind of attention as full machines on Black Friday, but there are still a few deals to be had. If you’re interested in high-end or gaming grade inputs and media, look no further. Best Keyboard Deals Logitech’s MK710 bundle, which comes with the original Marathon Mouse m705 (still an excellent design), is a great choice if you’re not looking for gaming equipment. If you do want to game, keyboard discounts and bundles can be found from Cooler...
Tags: Amazon, Crafts, Walmart, Logitech, Dell, Dell ASUS, Herman Miller, Amazon Best, Office Depot Office Max, Amazon Logitech, Newegg Logitech, Dell Dell, Dell Acer, Newegg Dell, Walmart Herman Miller

Black Friday Is One of Your Only Chances to Save On Herman Miller Furniture

Herman Miller furniture is legendary, and also legendarily out of reach for most of us. But if you have one chair, table, or bed that you’ve just been dying to get your hands on, Design Within Reach is taking a rare 15% off over 200 Herman Miller items right now, so you won’t find a better chance to splurge.Read more...
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Annual Growth Report: Restoration Hardware Joins Steelcase and Herman Miller

Data for annual growth among furniture brands for the period ending September 30, 2018 reveals some expected results as well as some surprises. Note that we’re using Absolute Growth for this analysis as opposed to Nominal Growth. Absolute Growth is the total increase in Spec Share year over year, whereas Nominal Growth is the percentage increase in Spec Share year over year. Using Absolute Growth is the best measure of market activity because it’s a true indication of total increase in specifica...
Tags: Books, UK, Steelcase, Herman Miller, Naughtone, National Office Furniture, National Office, Naughtone Furniture, SitOnIt Naughtone

Absolute Growth Furniture Index: Restoration Hardware Joins Steelcase and Herman Miller

Data for annual growth among leading furniture brands for the period ending September 30, 2018 reveals some expected results, as well as, some surprises. Note that we’re using Absolute Growth for this analysis as opposed to Nominal Growth. Absolute Growth is the total increase in Spec Share year over year, whereas Nominal Growth is the percentage increase in Spec Share year over year. Using Absolute Growth is the best measure of market activity because it’s a true indication of total increase i...
Tags: Books, UK, Steelcase, Herman Miller, Naughtone, National Office Furniture, National Office, Naughtone Furniture, SitOnIt Naughtone, Restoration Hardware SitOnIt Naughtone

What Are Your Home Studio Must-Haves?

Core77 discussion boards moderator PackageID (Justin Coble) recently posted an interesting (and likely relatable for many of you) request on the boards: "I am about to start a new gig, and I will be split between working in the office and at home. I have never really been a working from home kind of person, so I need to set up a home studio. I have planned to take over my basement and wanted to reach out to all of you out there that have home studios to see what you would say are the 'must haves...
Tags: Design, Forum Frenzy, Herman Miller, Eames Lounge, Ikea PAX, Michael DiTullo, Justin Coble, David Sipress, Chris Haar

Add ‘architecture’ to Yves Behar’s skill-set!

Having built brands like Fitbit, Jawbone, Sodastream, Hive, and having contributed to super-brands like Herman Miller, designer Yves Behar quite literally needs no introduction. Founder of Fuseproject and the designer behind a lot of the projects we revere as ‘great design’, Yves Behar’s latest venture focuses on the bigger picture. You’re looking at Livinghomes YB1, Behar’s first line of fully built prefab homes, made for Plant Prefab.A fully-furnished prefab home is more of a systems design pr...
Tags: Design, Yves-Behar, Architecture, Prefab, Herman Miller, Behar, Prefab Home, Yves Behar Fuseproject, LivingHomes, YB1

YD Talks: The Making of SPUN, the most exhilarating chair in the world

I remember the very first time I walked into a Herman Miller outlet. I walked right past the Aeron chair, Yves Behar’s SAYL chair, and even probably the most iconic thing in the room… the Eames Lounge Chair. I walked past all these hallmarks of great industrial design, because I had my eyes affixed on the most interesting object in the room. I say object because you couldn’t really call it a chair. It was an experience. It was the Spun.“There was no intention to design a chair”, says Thomas He...
Tags: Design, Living, Yves Behar, Thomas-Heatherwick, Editorial, Product Design, Random, Seating, Herman-Miller, Spün, Magis, Heatherwick Studios, YD Talks, Juriaan Booij

101+ Gifts for Designers & Creatives – 2018

Forget socks and undies – get your creative designer friend something they really want. I’ve compiled a list of the top gifts for designers, perfect for Christmas or even their birthday! They’ve all been vetted by me – a designer. Best Christmas Presents / Gifts for Designers, Artists & Creatives Wake-Up Light with Sun Rise Simulation ($45.99) This wake-up light imitates sunlight to wake up in a natural way, particularly useful for those with dark mornings. It also has an FM radio, with anot...
Tags: Amazon, Design, Microsoft, Christmas, US, Best, Gifts, Logitech, Graphic Design, Presents, Udemy, Epson, Herman Miller, Harmon Kardon, Wacom Intuos, Herman Miller Aeron Chair

Furniture Majors Snapshot, Q3 2018: Herman Miller, Knoll Spec Rates Trend Up; Haworth, Steelcase Down

Data is in for the furniture majors in the Third Quarter 2018 (June through September) U.S. specification rates for Furniture brands, and it comes as no surprise that industry powerhouse Herman Miller is trending up. After suffering brief downturns toward the end of 2017 and in spring of this year, Herman Miller has been on a steady rise, leading the other major brands at Quarter’s close with a 7.03% rate of all furniture specified. Competitor Steelcase is keeping pace. From October of last ye...
Tags: Books, Steelcase, Herman Miller, Knoll, Haworth, Herman Miller Knoll

The progression of office culture from the 50s to today

Office life has undergone a number of major changes since the 1950s. Of course, workplaces have always varied in terms of look and culture, oftentimes based on regional, industry-wide, or organizational norms. But there have also been a number of widespread changes over time. These shifts include increased workforce diversity, widespread bans on smoking, and changing trends regarding popular workplace layouts. Office culture has changed quite a bit over the years. Some of those shifts were a...
Tags: US, Trends, Friedman, Herman Miller, Ron Friedman

Studio 7.5 on the Design of Herman Miller's New Cosm Chair

Herman Miller looks like they may have knocked it out of the seating park again, this time with their new Cosm chair: The Cosm was designed by the Berlin-based design firm Studio 7.5, the same firm behind previous Herman Miller hits the Setu, the Mirra and the Mirra 2. Studio 7.5 is a relatively small firm--just ten people--and the firm uses that small size to keep their designs grounded. "Even if you produce at an industrial scale, there is some craftsmanship involved," explains 7....
Tags: Design, Berlin, Charles, Furniture Design, Ray Eames, Herman Miller, Zwick, Mirra, Burkhard, Burkhard Schmitz, Carola Zwick, Cosm s Auto Harmonic Tilt

10 Easy Pieces: Sectional Chaise Sofas

The benefit of a sectional with a chaise is that it’s two parts sofa, one part bed. Here are our 10 favorites. (And if you’re in the market for a sectional, stay tuned to our 10 Easy Pieces column for more to come.) Above: The Cisco Brothers Louis Two-Piece Sectional Sofa comes in a right or left chaise configuration and is available in the full range of Cisco Brothers upholstery options. Contact Cisco Brothers for price and retailer information. Above: From Maiden Home, a new sofa comp...
Tags: Books, Furniture, Ikea, Seating, Herman Miller, 10 Easy Pieces, Sofas & Couches, ABC Carpet Home, Cisco Brothers, Living Rooms, ABC Carpet Home Above, Antonio Citterio, Contact Cisco Brothers, Maiden Home, Product Discoveries, Cisco Brothers Louis Two Piece Sectional Sofa

Ross Lovegrove

Auteur and icon, Ross Lovegrove is among the most visionary designers of the past half century—for that matter, of the whole history of design. Admiringly dubbed “Captain Organic,” Lovegrove’s aesthetic might be characterized as equal parts Dalí and van der Rohe; his designs possess an unmatched fluidity and an inexorable form—a kind of “organic essentialism” that recognizes the inherent curvatures of both flora and fauna while demonstrating how these asynchronous shapes jibe with the sometimes ...
Tags: Books, Basel, Istanbul, Vitra, Dali, Bernhardt, Herman Miller, Knoll, Lovegrove, Sony Walkman, Designer Profile, Ross Lovegrove, Biophilia, Luceplan, Artemide, van der Rohe

Design Job: Herman Miller is Seeking a Senior Art Direction Manager to Oversee the Brand's Visual Language

Herman Miller's Brand Design Team based in West Michigan is seeking a talented and passionate design leader with a minimum of ten years of experience in art direction, design, and team leadership for our North America Contract business. This key position partners with our businesses and is responsible for the creation of concept development for executions across print, digital, and branded environments. The ideal candidate has a demonstrated interest in our brand, is a confident communicator, an...
Tags: Design, Jobs, North America, West Michigan, Herman Miller

Herman Miller Ends Its Fiscal Year With Vigorous Order Flow

Record revenue during the fiscal fourth quarter of 2018 and a robust outlook for the first quarter of the new fiscal year also pleased shareholders.
Tags: Finance, Article, FBN, Herman Miller, Motley Fool, Fbn/markets, Fox-business/markets, Dec959bd-3842-566c-95ac-e4c591da7775

At NeoCon 2018: Herman Miller’s Cosm Task Chair

It’s no surprise that industry heavy Herman Miller had a successful NeoCon, taking home Silver in the category of Healthcare Guest and Lounge Seating for the Palisade Collection, and Gold for Ergonomic Desk/Task Chairs with the cosmically inclined Cosm. I say cosmic because Cosm is the very definition of space age, offering several innovations that will likely define the direction of task chair technology. Innovation #1 is Auto-Harmonic Tilt, the hidden mechanism beneath the seat that automati...
Tags: Books, Office, Contract, 3-d Printing, Herman Miller, Task Chair, NeoCon Gold, Auto-Harmonic Tilt, Cosm, Cosm Task Chair, Ergonomic Task Chair, Intercept fabric, Leaf Arms, Healthcare Guest and Lounge Seating, Palisade Collection