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Low table by Isamu Noguchi (1945) Sofa by Isamu Noguchi (1950) Bucket chair by Charles and Ray Eames (1950–1953) Aeron chair by Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf (1990s). Herman Miller was founded in 1905 as the Star Furniture Co. [3] In 1919, it was renamed the Michigan Star Furniture Co. under then-president Dirk Jan De Pree.
Max De Pree (October 28, 1924 – August 8, 2017) was an American businessman and writer.A son of D. J. De Pree, founder of Herman Miller office furniture company, he and his brother Hugh De Pree assumed leadership of the company in the early 1960s, with Hugh becoming CEO and president in 1962.
The acquisition of Knoll by Herman Miller was announced in April 2021 in a $1.8 billion deal. The merger closed in the third quarter of 2021. [10] The merged company is listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market and trades under the symbol MLKN. In July 2021, the company was rebranded as MillerKnoll. [11] [12]
Max De Pree is a son of D. J. De Pree, founder of Herman Miller office furniture company. The company had close ties with Charles and Ray Eames, beginning in 1946. In 1953, Max De Pree saw a model house design in the Eames Office in Los Angeles, and asked Eames if he could build it in Michigan. Charles suggested instead he design another house ...
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The Action Office is a series of furniture designed by Robert Propst, and manufactured and marketed by Herman Miller.First introduced in 1964 as the Action Office I product line, then superseded by the Action Office II series, it is an influential design in the history of "contract furniture" (office furniture).
Herman Miller's marketing department was initially apprehensive about selling a chair without upholstery, but the company approved the design. [3] The Aeron chair was introduced in October 1994 and priced at $1,000. [2] It was reportedly named after the Celtic god Aeron, as well as referring to aeration and aeronautics. [4] An Aeron chair at a ...