Herman Miller (manufacturer)

Herman Miller, Inc. is an American furniture manufacturer based in Zeeland, Michigan.

History

The company began in 1905 under the name Star Furniture Company with the production of bedroom furniture. In 1923, Herman Miller took over the majority of shares in the company and renamed it into Herman Miller Furniture Company. Dirk January (DJ) De Pree, son Miller and former president of Star Furniture, these items now took over at Herman Miller Inc. Four years later he founded the Herman Miller Clock Company, of which he also took over and later under the name of his brother was continued as Howard Miller Clock Company.

The presentation of the Executive Office Group, designed by Gilbert Rohde, began in 1941 in the successful of Herman Miller Inc. in the field of office furniture. 1946, the architect and designer George Nelson was the first design director of the company. With Charles and Ray Eames, the most important designers of the second modernity could be tied to the house in the same year. For Herman Miller Inc., the Eames designed a significant number of residential and office furniture that are produced in the majority today and are considered " design classic ". The company Vitra took over in 1957 by Herman Miller, the production rights for the production of Eames furniture in Europe.

The designer Paul László and Isamu Noguchi designed for Herman Miller.