If you’ve been stuck for hours or days at Chicago’s O’Hare airport (hey, we all have to pay the piper sometime) then you’ve had the “pleasure” of experiencing Herman Miller’s Eames Tandem Sling Seating while eating overpriced McDonalds. Don’t get me wrong, I appreciate good design but I want to napalm those chairs!!The Muskegon Museum of Art announces the creation of the traveling design exhibition "Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller." The exhibit opened Aug. 20 in Muskegon, Mich., and will run to Nov. 8, 2009, and is scheduled to tour 15 cities into 2013 (tba). Overpriced McDonald's not included.
The exhibition explores the collaborative problem-solving design process employed at Herman Miller and presents viewers with four different case studies:
1. Ergonomics (Seating), Good Design Explores
2. White Collar Work (Action Office), Good Design Inquires
3. Graphic Communications, Good Design Engages
4. Mid-Century Classics, Good Design Endures
1. Ergonomics (Seating), Good Design Explores
2. White Collar Work (Action Office), Good Design Inquires
3. Graphic Communications, Good Design Engages
4. Mid-Century Classics, Good Design Endures
"Good Design" includes 30 pieces of furniture, prototypes and models along with more than 200 design drawings, sketches, photographs, oral histories and audio-visual materials to chronicle the evolution of Herman Miller's iconic furniture pieces.
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