Your average furniture designer would like you to believe his products will change your life. Most don’t, of course, but for millions of desk jockeys in offices around the globe, one task chair has ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." When Herman Miller decided to look into furniture tailored to the elderly’s needs in the late 1970s, ...
When Herman Miller rolled out the original Aeron Chair in 1994, it also launched a new paradigm in furniture design. Its designers, Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick, built the Aeron according to what the ...
We’ve all heard that old saying ‘if it isn’t broken, don’t fix it.’ But that’s not what the maker of the bestselling office chair of all time said. Let’s go back to 1994, the year a global design ...
In technology, design has to continually evolve to keep current. In furniture, not so much: Iconic pieces go to museums and get knocked off for decades. So it was with the Aeron chair, which, upon its ...
“Our knowledge about the science of sitting and ergonomics has advanced,” Brian Walker, CEO of Herman Miller, says. “As we looked at the product, we thought the iconic status of the chair should ...
After the great dot-com bust of 2000, there was one lasting symbol of the crash: Herman Miller’s Aeron chair. The ergonomic, mesh-backed office chair was launched in 1994, at the start of the bubble; ...
Choosing the right office chair is crucial for taller and heavier individuals who need specialized support. To find the best big and tall office chairs, we sought recommendations specifically for ...
When the team at Herman Miller first set out to develop the smart office of the future, they figured it would start with the Aeron chair. But as is often the case with projects that seek to break new ...