Hermann Miller

Hermann Miller Inc. , founded in 1923, is a American Entreprise of pieces of furniture and office equipment whose seat is with Zeeland (Michigan).

With the beginning of the year 1940, Hermann Miller starts to work with designers. In 1945, George Nelson is named director of the design. During years 1950 Hermann Miller publishes queques ones of the objects emblematic of after war. Among the Designer S working or having worked for Hermann Miller, one counts Alvar Aalto, Don Chadwick, Charles Eames, Ray Eames, Alexander Girard, Paul László, Isamu Noguchi, Robert Probst, Gilbert Rohde, Don Shepard and Bill Stumpf.

The company is with dimensions with NASDAQ under initials MLHR. Its sales turnover in 1923 was of 262.000 US$, in 2006 it was of 1,74 milliards de $. Founded by Dirk Jan DePree, it is then directed from 1950 to 1980 by her son max DePree.

The products Hermann Miller

The production of Hermann Miller was especially remarkable during the years 1940 and 1950:

Coffee counts (1944), Isamu Noguchi
Chaises out of plywood moulded Plywood Lounge Chair - LCW and Plywood Dining Chair - DCW (1946), Charles Eames and Ray Eames
Chaise out of plastic moulded DSS (1950), Charles Eames and Ray Eames, one of the first plastic chairs, presented for the first time within the framework of the contest Low Cost Furniture Design organized by the MoMA
Chaise Coconut flesh (1955), George Nelson
Fauteuil Lounge flesh (1956), Charles Eames and Ray Eames

See too

Bibliography (selected)

Hermann Miller: The Purpose off Design ; John Berry; International Rizzoli Publications (2004); ISBN 0847826546
Hermann Miller: Interior Views ; Leslie A. Pina; Schiffer Publishing (1998); ISBN 0764305034
The design off Hermann Miller ; Ralph Caplan; Whitney Library off Design (1976); ISBN 0823071413

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