As of August 15, 2010, Herman Miller’s Select program is presenting a new classy looking Eames Hang-It-All from the multicoloured version to a striking design which now includes a black steel frame and solid walnut hooks.
The Hang-It-All was inspired by the Eameses’ love for playful furniture and children’s toys. Introduced in 1953, it was designed to hold an assortment of children’s belongings—mittens, scarves, jackets, dolls, slingshots, skates, and knapsacks, according to Eames Design.
It was available from Tigrett Enterprises’ Playhouse Division until the company went out of business in 1961. Herman Miller reintroduced it in 1994.
Herman Miller’s Gregg Vander Kooi chose to feature the Hang-It-All as this year’s Select item because of its whimsical appeal.
Designed by George Nelson in 1946, the Herman Miller Basic Cabinet Series is a reintroduction of a classic casework collection. Building on the Nelson Platform Bench, the Basic Cabinet Series works with the bench or as standalone furniture. Various combination’s fit multiple room applications and provide ample storage for living and working spaces.
Straightforward honesty in construction and clean profiles with functional elements make each piece a model of efficiency in this collection. A wide array of individual pieces, all readily interchangeable for complementing any room, the Basic Cabinet Series is known for its practical storage areas and handsomely designed exteriors.
The Details:
Flexibility for vertical or horizontal arrangements to achieve custom-made, built-in look
Two veneer options available: light brown walnut (2U) and natural oak (OK)
5.5″ black wooden leg option for stand-alone application also available
This time of year all I can think of is a hot beach afternoon anywhere warmer than here-
On that note “Bikini” comes to mind….. the Eames wire chair benefits from a bikini as well….
Introduced in 1951 the lightweight bent wire chair designed by Charles and Ray Eames and produced by Herman Miller has the option of a criss-cross two piece leather pad (the “bikini”)
As a part of the permanent collection of the San Francisco MOMA and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, this Eames wire chair would also be striking in your home or office to drool over day after day.
 We should consider spending some of this cold weather time in the museums and dream of the beach.
It may not be the most durable coat hanger on the market, but it’s definitely the most colourul! An eye catching piece that your guests will be sure to comment on.
The following video real (ly) represents the best 2 minutes and 28 seconds I’ve “wasted” in a real (ly) long time. I came away with a huge smile on my face.
I came into this business through a trade school in upholstery, was hired as an assistant to the teacher at that school and when that school was taken over by a local college, I borrowed $10,000 (Yes, I had to get my mother to co-sign the loan, but then I was only 21 years old) bought most of the equipment from the original school and opened my own upholstery shop.
That was half a life ago.
I never received any kind of formal training, but, when you’re 21 years old and you have to pay rent and a client comes into your business and asks you if you can do (fill in the blank), the answer is always YES !! and at that age, you just figure it out for yourself.
I taught myself to design and build furniture out of a necessity and I think I became pretty damn good at it. I look back over the years and not everything I did was a masterpiece, but there are several pieces that we are still making that I think are pretty amazing.
It just seems to me that knocking off the designs of others and mass producing them at a lower quality, from sub-standard materials and usually not even the correct proportions is a real kick in the (again, fill in the blank) to who ever actually came up with the idea, concept/design. It also seems really slimy to me.
Don’t get me wrong. If you decide one day that you would like to attempt to make your own version of some famous design for your own use, well go ahead, that is different. But, not unlike the idea of stealing music and then printing CD’s for sale, the unauthorized reproduction of these designs for profit, is unacceptable. It is not something I would want my business model based on, that is for sure.
So, what is the point of all of this?
Well, If a high school drop-out like myself, (I did go back and get er done the next year) can learn to conceptualize, design and build unique original designs that fulfill both form and function and are of the highest quality to be found, (in my humble opinion) surely these massive companies with the means, can come up with something unique.
So, if you’re thinking of buying a knock-off, I’ve just got one thing to say, forget it !! Go and buy something unique that you can afford, or buy a vintage piece that you will cherish forever, but don’t support these kinds of business practices. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, A KNOCK-OFF WILL NEVER BRING THE PLEASURE TO YOUR HOME, THAT AN AUTHENTIC PIECE WILL. The minute it leaves the store, it has no value.
One day you will throw it out. If you “GET REAL”, one day, your children will fight over it.
It’s been 15 years since the Aeron chair came to the market and revolutionized office seating. This chair has become a design icon and what is even more unbelievable is that it has held that position for such a long time. Nobody could have predicted the success of this chair. It has literally dominated the ergonomic seating market for years. I’ve been wondering for a few years now when the Aeron will be knocked from its top spot on the podium of office excellence.
So, who else would take a shot at dethroning the Aeron other than Herman Miller. I mean why wait for someone else to do it.
Seven years in the making and Herman Miller has finally released the Embody chair. Designed by Bill Stumpf (one of the original designers of the Aeron, recently deceased and just short of seeing the completion of this project) and Jeff Weber. We have a couple of Embody chairs in the showroom and people are starting to fight over them. Herman Miller took their time with this one and the initial response is that they have definitely got it right.
It is a one size fits all chair that actually claims to be good for you.
All that and it is Green in that it is 95% recyclable and cradle to cradle silver certified.
The timing on this couldn’t be better, because we now have “Lifework Portfolio” in the showroom which offers home office solutions for everyone and the two go together like milk and cookies.
Finally, the Home office gets dished up a nice serving of style!
A couple of years ago, when I was at ICFF (International Contemporary Furniture Fair) in New York, I remember telling several people at both Herman Miller and Knoll that there was a massive hole in the contemporary home office furniture market.
They are the first to respond with their newly released “Lifework Portfolio”There are several amazing pieces in the line and the timing couldn’t be better.
