| As the advertising copy on the Hermann Miller | | | | highly successful classic of design excellence, was |
| website says, "you will find Hermann Miller | | | | off-putting. The seat material is a kind of mesh, |
| anywhere people work, live, learn, and heal." | | | | which was not used at that time. And the overall |
| Hermann Miller is the widely recognized maker of | | | | look was starkly different from all other existing |
| furniture, with locations throughout the world. | | | | chairs on the market at that time. |
| Hermann Miller (HM) is synonymous with design | | | | But there is a wider range than the Aeron chair. |
| excellence, and with design that conforms to the | | | | Take the Capri chair for example. This chair takes |
| function of the furniture. One sign of the | | | | the classic leather chair to a new level with a |
| seriousness with which HM takes the role of | | | | highly distinct design flair. And HM makes a series |
| functionality is the research that the company | | | | of couches as well, that like the Capri, are made |
| produces and shares with customers and potential | | | | of leather outers. There are even a few funky |
| customers around the world. HM furniture is not | | | | options for HM chairs, including the Tato, Tatino |
| just beautiful and practical, it is the product of a | | | | and Tatone. These brightly colored chairs look a |
| lot of thought. | | | | little like jelly beans, eggs or bagels. They offer |
| These research goes beyond the thinking around | | | | flexible seats and sturdy bases and add an air of |
| how form follows function in good design, and | | | | whimsy to any room they occupy. |
| looks at other issues, like why people meet, and | | | | Pricing of HM furniture |
| how to make office meetings more effective. HM | | | | Hermann Miller is a high-end furniture designer and |
| takes a holistic view to its design process, as | | | | manufacturer, and the costs of the pieces reflect |
| evidenced by this research. | | | | that image and history for quality. These are not |
| Hermann Miller Chairs | | | | the types of chairs that people get when they |
| HM designs and manufactures many different | | | | are looking for the most economical purchase. |
| types of chairs. You can find HM work chairs, side | | | | They are better suited to high-end office |
| chairs, multipurpose chairs, stacking chairs, lounge | | | | environments and well-appointed homes. |
| seating, public seating, benches, stools, patient | | | | HM has long been a recognized leader in the area |
| seating, and classic seating. | | | | of furniture design. While most famous, perhaps, |
| The HM Aeron chair is perhaps its most famous. | | | | for the Aeron chair, which swept through office |
| This chair, designed in 1994, almost never saw | | | | spaces everywhere beginning in the mid 1990s, |
| the light of day as initial reaction to it was poor. | | | | the company has long produced some of the |
| Most people who saw the early versions | | | | most beautiful and functionally sound furniture in |
| predicted that there was absolutely no market | | | | the world. |
| for the chair. Its design, which is now considered a | | | | |