Art

Alexander Girard was the director of design for Herman Miller’s textile division from 1952 to 1973. He was asked to add an element of ‘aesthetic functionalism’ to Herman Miller’s first open-plan office system, called Action Office. He responded with more than 40 images for Environmental Enrichment Panels (1972), which are now available as quality, high-resolution…

Starting in 1970, in-house graphic designer Steve Frykholm designed bold, graphic posters for Herman Miller’s annual employee picnic. These distinctive posters became coveted collectibles, even included in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Herman Miller has now reissued the Hot Dog Picnic Poster from their archives. A series favorite, the Hot Dog…

These museum-quality prints are designed by artist Liz Roache, who trained and taught with Ati Gropius Johansen, daughter of Bauhaus founder Walter Gropius, for 30 years. Inspired by her Bauhaus background and meant to engage conversation, each focuses on one aspect of either color or design. In this print, each amount of red allows the…