In this long-awaited new volume, classics by Herman Miller's
super-designers -- Gilbert Rohde, Charles and Ray Eames, and George
Nelson -- are shown along with more recent office furniture designs.
Furniture designs are described in detail and shown in color and
black-and-white photographs, all from the Herman Miller archives. An
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. Herman Miller was the first American company to
design and manufacture 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. From Action Office I of the 1960s to the Aeron Chair
of the late 1990s, Herman Miller has consistently introduced designs
that have become classics that are being collected along with the
residential icons of modernism.