herman – Product by Process

Behind & beyond everyday objects.

Aeron Chair by Herman Miller

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“The process is as important as the results: It’s the individual employees on the line that are suggesting these improvements. At Herman Miller, they average 1,200 “plan-do-check acts”–that is, little proposed changes to the assembly process–ever year. “The biggest thing is to empower people to change the work in ways that matter to them,” says Eric VanDam, Herman Miller’s director of operations in seating” from fast co design: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1669397/an-american-made-miracle-how-an-aeron-chair-gets-built-every-17-seconds picture and video by Drew Anthony Smith/Fast Company

Setu : Herman Miller

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Studio 7.5 gives us a behind-the-scenes look on the making of the Setu chair. Design process.development started in 2003, one continuous contour , from 45 prototype to fully functional cinematic comolded polypropylene evolutive structure, the beauty of this chair is the minimalism in term of material nature , less hinges, not treated aluminum only used in car design so far, less pieces, one main idea. The chinematic spine is one main assembly of easily recycled piece of 2 type of polypropylene to achieve structure and movement .no instructions, no control …genius