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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
Howard Miller Clock Company was founded in 1926, as the Herman Miller Clock Company division of office furniture manufacturer Herman Miller, specializing in chiming wall and mantle clocks. [2] It was spun off in 1937 and renamed, under the leadership of Herman Miller's son Howard C. Miller (1905–1995). [3]
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and manufactured and marketed by Herman Miller.First introduced in 1964 as the Action Office I product line, then superseded by the Action Office II series, it is an influential design in the history of "contract furniture" (office furniture).
Koen founded Joe Koen & Son Jewelers in 1883 - Texas' oldest independently owned jewelry store. Carl Ranch (c. 1900), Danish chronometer maker; Albert Favarger (1851–1931), American clockmaker, Neuchâtel, electric slave clock; Richard Bürk (1851–1934), German entrepreneur, Villingen-Schwenningen. Württembergische Uhrenfabrik Bürk.
"Ball" Wall Clock, 1948–1969 Brooklyn Museum. George Nelson (29 May 1908 – 5 March 1986) was an American industrial designer.While lead designer for the Herman Miller furniture company, Nelson and his design studio, George Nelson Associates, designed 20th-century modernist furniture.
The Herman Miller Showroom on Beverly Boulevard in Los Angeles was built in 1950 and the De Pree House was constructed in Zeeland, Michigan for the founder of Herman Miller's son, Max De Pree, and his growing family. Unbuilt projects include the Billy Wilder House, the prefabricated kit home known as the Kwikset House, and a national aquarium.
In 1923, De Pree decided to found his own business. With the help of a loan from his father-in-law he bought the Michigan Star Furniture Company. (The two purchased 51% of the stock.) He renamed the company Herman Miller in honor of his father-in-law, who was never active in the business.
Beginning in 1932, and continuing up to the time of his death in 1944, Rohde advised Herman Miller's president, Dirk Jan De Pree on design, marketing, and production. Herman Miller was one of a dozen furniture manufacturers where Rohde initiated modern design, among them the Heywood-Wakefield Company , the Widdicomb Company, and the Troy ...