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- Eames Zenaloy Rocker, circa 1950-1967 - Husband-and-wife designers Charles and Ray Eames' now ubiquitous fiberglass chairs are the product of a years-long effort to design a low-cost, mass-produced, modern chair with single piece for the seat and back. This versatile chair was equally useful in cafeterias, auditoriums, lounge areas or meeting spaces and could be stacked vertically or connected side-by-side to create rows.
- circa 1950-1967
- Collections - Artifact
Eames Zenaloy Rocker, circa 1950-1967
Husband-and-wife designers Charles and Ray Eames' now ubiquitous fiberglass chairs are the product of a years-long effort to design a low-cost, mass-produced, modern chair with single piece for the seat and back. This versatile chair was equally useful in cafeterias, auditoriums, lounge areas or meeting spaces and could be stacked vertically or connected side-by-side to create rows.
- Molded Plywood Folding Screen, 1946-1956 -
- 1946-1956
- Collections - Artifact
Molded Plywood Folding Screen, 1946-1956
- Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994 - Designers Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf explored new materials that could replicate the cooling effect of historic wicker furniture and studied human sitting habits to create Herman Miller's groundbreaking Aeron task chair. One of the last in a series of experimental prototypes, this 1994 version incorporates the distinctive skeletal appearance that exemplified the production Aeron introduced later that year.
- 1994
- Collections - Artifact
Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994
Designers Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf explored new materials that could replicate the cooling effect of historic wicker furniture and studied human sitting habits to create Herman Miller's groundbreaking Aeron task chair. One of the last in a series of experimental prototypes, this 1994 version incorporates the distinctive skeletal appearance that exemplified the production Aeron introduced later that year.
- Model Bookshelf Designed by Gilbert Rohde from Laurel Series by Herman Miller, circa 1934 -
- circa 1934
- Collections - Artifact
Model Bookshelf Designed by Gilbert Rohde from Laurel Series by Herman Miller, circa 1934
- Trylon and Perisphere Scale Model from New York World's Fair, 1939 - The Trylon and Perisphere were iconic symbols of the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. The architectural pairing represented the fair's utopian theme, "Building the World of Tomorrow." Many souvenirs from the fair, like this scale model, used the Trylon and Perisphere image.
- 1939
- Collections - Artifact
Trylon and Perisphere Scale Model from New York World's Fair, 1939
The Trylon and Perisphere were iconic symbols of the 1939-1940 New York World's Fair. The architectural pairing represented the fair's utopian theme, "Building the World of Tomorrow." Many souvenirs from the fair, like this scale model, used the Trylon and Perisphere image.
- Prototype Eames Fiberglass Chair, circa 1949 - Charles and Ray Eames wanted to design affordable high-quality furniture. To this end, Charles brought a mock-up of a chair to John Wills, a boat builder and fiberglass fabricator, who created two identical prototypes. Charles took one: it became the basis for what would become a modern design icon. This is the other: it lingered in Will's workshop, used over four decades as a utility stool.
- circa 1949
- Collections - Artifact
Prototype Eames Fiberglass Chair, circa 1949
Charles and Ray Eames wanted to design affordable high-quality furniture. To this end, Charles brought a mock-up of a chair to John Wills, a boat builder and fiberglass fabricator, who created two identical prototypes. Charles took one: it became the basis for what would become a modern design icon. This is the other: it lingered in Will's workshop, used over four decades as a utility stool.
- Fabric Samples, circa 1993, Used for Evaluation during the Aeron Chair Design Process -
- circa 1993
- Collections - Artifact
Fabric Samples, circa 1993, Used for Evaluation during the Aeron Chair Design Process
- Aeron Armchair Prototype, circa 1993 -
- circa 1993
- Collections - Artifact
Aeron Armchair Prototype, circa 1993
- Desk, 1947-1957 -
- 1947-1957
- Collections - Artifact
Desk, 1947-1957
- High Desk from Action Office Series, 1964-1968 - Action Office, conceptualized by Robert Propst with final design by George Nelson, was rooted in Propst's research into office function and worker behavior. The system was not a commercial success: manufacturing costs were high, and it was, in Propst's words, "too showy and bright for serious consideration as a middle management tool." Propst went on to design the hugely successful Action Office 2 cubicle-based system.
- 1964-1968
- Collections - Artifact
High Desk from Action Office Series, 1964-1968
Action Office, conceptualized by Robert Propst with final design by George Nelson, was rooted in Propst's research into office function and worker behavior. The system was not a commercial success: manufacturing costs were high, and it was, in Propst's words, "too showy and bright for serious consideration as a middle management tool." Propst went on to design the hugely successful Action Office 2 cubicle-based system.