Herman Miller Design and Production Video

@Todd: Pretty interesting…

Handi

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Hey Todd,

Charles and Ray Eames are two of my favorite American designers; they did amazing stuff back in the day. I own an Eames lounge chair and ottoman. Thanks for posting this!

Cheers,

-- Matthew Weatherly

thanks for the post … enjoyed watching the video

-- keeping myself entertained

Cool video. I was expecting to see some wood. Still I watched the entire thing. I wonder how much those chairs cost

-- I love the smell of sawdust in the morning....

That was too cool. Sounded like they might have used music from an old Twilight Zone episode.

-- "The way to make a small fortune in woodworking- start with a large one"

Herman Miller, Design Within Reach, Bang & Olufsonsen, Ray & Charles Eames, BDI Furniture, Roche Bobois, and many others…

These are all manufacturers, designers, and distributors that I enjoy looking to for their designs.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://americancraftsmanworkshop.com

Really interesting video. Thanks for the post.

-- Happy woodworking! http://www.blakeweber.us

Interesting. I always enjoy learning how something is made.

-- Thos. Angle, Jordan Valley, Oregon

Interesting. Tks.

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So 2 design students home for Easter recess asked if you had to do it all over again would you enter the industry differently,.................. the answer was, yeah, first try and land a job in the Herman Miller sample shop.

Thank you Todd.

I’ve just downloaded and watch it and it is great indeed. I share your love for all the designers you mention but B&O, too linear for me, I love curves.

Last week I had in my hands the coffee table book about the Eames Lounge Chair but I was reluctant to pay $40 for it without being able to open it and peek inside. Anyone has any advice on this one? It is still on sale for 10 days as the only bookstore of Kyoto that caters mostly to foreign books has declared bankruptcy and closes its doors on the 15th.

On the other hand, last winter I bought a coupe of books on chairs and tables respectively, very cheap and with, literally, thousands of designs, pictures and inside on the design process and history. Great quality and not expensive at all. Even if you don’t understand Japanese you can take advantage of them. Books are very cheap here so I don’t want to think about the time when we leave this country and I ship all that stuff. :o(

By the way, I have an oldie but goodie from when the Eames Lounge Chair was first introduced to the public. It includes an interview with both of them and a quick time lapse of the assembly. If you want it you just have to ask.

Maybe it should be time to start a forum dedicated to the design process here: both conceptual and practical, from the initial inspiration to the SketchUp struggling. What do you guys think? Should we ask Martin?

Interesting post, Todd. We tend to take pieces like this for granted with little thought about the effort that goes into their construction. It is nice to see how these type of chairs are made.

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That was a blast from the past! Cool seeing the design phase…I like that funky sliding wooden prototype device they used. It reminded me of the old movies we would watch in high school shop about how they designed car body’s with the hand drawn curves and clay models! Cool stuff Todd, thanks!

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Great post Todd,

I consider myself very fortunate to work for a company that is part of Herman Miller.

-- Brian, Folsom, CA http://www.brianfullerdesigns.com

Hi Todd, Excellent post. Thanks for the mention!

-- Mitch, http://furnitude.blogspot.com