Bound, black hardcover, original editors jacket in colours, 28.8x22.2 cm., 224 pp., llustrated dustjacket, 215 x 285mm., 192pp., beautiful illustrations in colours and b/w. ISBN 0764316508. Herman Miller was the first Americam company to design and manufature exclusively modern furniture. From the 1930s, Herman Miller has been a leader in modern design. The same company also led the office revolution and is a name synonymous with the best modern contract furniture. Classics by super-designers Gilbert Rohde, Charles and Ray Eames and George Nelson are shown along with more recent office furniture designs. From Action Office I of the 1960s to the Aeron Chair of the late 1990s, Herman Miller has consistenly introduced designs that have become classics that are being collection along with the residential icons of modernism. Essay on the history of the office, designer biographies, company chronology, appendix, bibliography, index, and value guide make this book essential for collectors, dealers, curators, designers, and other devotees of modernism.
