Don’t Miss This Limited-Time Sale on Classic Herman Miller Pieces
Take 15% off and score free shipping on a slew of classic midcentury furnishings during Design Within Reach’s sales event.
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If modern furniture design is your jam, you’re going to love the Herman Miller sale happening at Design Within Reach, which starts today. Here's what we're adding to our Christmas wish lists.
Charles and Ray Eames had ideas about making a better world, one in which things were designed to bring greater pleasure to our lives.
The iconic LCM — or Lounge Chair with metal legs (1946) — began as an experiment in Charles and Ray Eameses’ apartment, where they were molding plywood in what they called the “Kazam! Machine.” The machine pressed thin sheets of wood veneer against a heated membrane that was inflated by a bicycle...
Designer Todd Bracher approaches his work by studying how people interact with objects. “I try to capture what’s meaningful in that exchange,” he explains.
The name Studio 7.5 comes from an idea to rent a 7.5-ton truck, put a model shop in it and drive from one project to another. Freedom of movement is important for founding designers Claudia Plikat, Burkhard Schmitz and Carola Zwick, who move freely – and smartly – in the creation of their products.
After being recruited by none other than Charles Eames to become director of design for the Herman Miller textile division in 1952, Alexander Girard was given the freedom to experiment with vibrant hues and patterns in his work.
While outfitting his office, architect and Herman Miller design director George Nelson discovered a silk-covered Swedish hanging lamp that he coveted but found too expensive.
The Ball Clock (1949) was the first of more than 150 clocks designed by George Nelson Associates for the Howard Miller Clock Company, which sold them from 1949 into the 1980s.
The unmistakable Eames Molded Plastic chair takes on a different life with each of its base offerings.
For Herman Miller's influential design director George Nelson, utility was as important as beauty. Originally designed for his own office, where Nelson hoped the slatted top would discourage visitors from sitting too long, the Platform Bench (1946) is both timeless and functional.
Markus Jehs and Jürgan Laub designed their Striad Lounge Chair (2016) in layers, like a ski boot, to deliver exceptional comfort. “How a design looks should not be far from what it does,” says Jehs.
The Swag Leg Collection (1958) was named for a manufacturing process that uses pressure to curve and taper metal tubing. This desk perches lightly on signature sculptural legs stabilized by a solid walnut stretcher.
After being schooled in industrial design and engineering at the Royal College of Art and Imperial College in London, Michael Anastassiades founded his own studio in 1994.
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