CNN: Aeron Named One of the 12 Best Designs from the Past 100 Years

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CNN: Aeron Named One of the 12 Best Designs from the Past 100 Years

Jeremy Henderson • June 28, 2013

In celebration of World Industrial Design Day (2013), CNN featured the top 12 most iconic designs from the past 100 years. Herman Miller's Aeron chair made the list!

"George McCain, chairman of the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) opted for the Aeron Chair. The design classic by Herman Miller "has become ubiquitous in all 'hip' offices," says McCain. "It instigated a sea change in office seating away from heavy, uncomfortable, ergonomically challenged and environmentally unfriendly chairs."

Click here to read CNN's full article.

Click here to learn more about Herman Miller's Aeron chair.

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front and back views of the Mirra 2 chair by Herman Miller

Mirra 2 Performance Redesigned

By Jeremy Henderson • May 6, 2013

Mirra 2 is Herman Miller's successor to the widely popular Mirra chair. Redesigned from the ground up, this high performance task chair will surely delight both your eyes and body. Designed by Studio 7.5–the group behind theh original Mirra and Setu chairs–they have reimagined, re-examined and redesigned Mirra into a simply astonishing task chair. Give us a call or send us an email to take Mirra 2 on trial (Sault Ste. Marie and area only)... you'll be glad you did! Read about Studio 7.5's Mirra 2 story here .

Herman Miller's Embody chair shown at an office desk

Herman Miller's Embody Chair Receives FX International Interior Design Award

By Jeremy Henderson • December 7, 2009

The Embody chair has been recognized with the International Interior Design award in the Best Workplace Seating category from FX magazine, a leading design publication based in the United Kingdom. The FX awards were created in 1999 and acknowledge the best in international product and project design. Award recipients were announced at a prestigious awards ceremony held at The Grosvenor House Hotel in London. The awards were judged by an international panel of distinguished experts from the industry, including designers, ergonomists, and senior architects. Judges admired Embody for its "indisputable comfort and health benefits" and "distinctive design." Embody is a high performance, ergonomic task chair designed by Jeff Weber and the late Bill Stumpf. It is sympathetic to the human form and the body's natural movement and it fits all users through its adaptive design and intuitive adjustment controls. Click here to learn more about the Embody chair.