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The material of the chair, Zenaloy, which is polyester reinforced with fiberglass, was first developed by the US Army during World War II. [4] Using this material, Ray and Charles Eames designed a prototype chair for the 1948 ‘International Competition of Low-Cost Furniture Design’ held by the Museum of Modern Art.
The Herman Miller Consortium Collection at Wayne State University Library is a historic, digital, product collection originally accumulated as part of Herman Miller's corporate archives in a digitized, searchable format. CNN.com: "Cubicles: The great mistake" YouTube.com: "Comments on Herman Miller"—by designer Yves Béhar
Although it was originally called the "Indoor-Outdoor Group", it did not succeed as outdoor furniture, and by 1959, Herman Miller had renamed it the Eames Aluminum Group. The chair has been in production by Herman Miller since its inception in 1958, although details have changed over time. The original seat material was a mesh, which was ...
The 1956 Herman Miller Eames chair is making a comeback in the interior design world. Here are the five best dupes you can shop.
In honor of the brand's centennial, they released the iconic Eames stool in a brand-new finish.
The Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman is a lounge chair and ottoman manufactured and sold by American furniture company Herman Miller. Introduced in 1956, the Eames Lounge Chair was designed by Charles and Ray Eames and is made of molded plywood and leather. It was the first chair the Eameses designed for the high-end market. The Eames Lounge ...
In 1947 Herman Miller moved the production of the chairs to Michigan, where production continues [1] —after a hiatus from 1957 to 1994. In Europe, Vitra became the producers of Eames furniture. Herman Miller and Vitra are the only two companies producing chairs licensed by the Eames estate as represented by the Eames Office.
This design had been granted a patent to the Eames for the wire chair produced by Herman Miller. Herman Miller eventually won and Bertoia & Knoll redesigned the seat edge, using a thicker, single wire, and grinding down the edge of the seat wires at a smooth angle—the same way the chairs are still produced. Nonetheless, the commercial success ...