Art

Alexander Girard was the director of design for Herman Miller’s textile division from 1952 to 1973. Toward the end of his tenure, he was asked to add an element of ‘aesthetic functionalism’ to Herman Miller’s very first open-plan office system, called Action Office. He responded with more than 40 images for the Environmental Enrichment Panel…

Alexander Girard was the director of design for Herman Miller’s textile division from 1952 to 1973. Toward the end of his tenure, he was asked to add an element of ‘aesthetic functionalism’ to Herman Miller’s very first open-plan office system, called Action Office. He responded with more than 40 images for the Environmental Enrichment Panel…

Herman Miller has reintroduced a series of archival posters that capture the boldness, artistry, and personality of the company’s design history in vibrant graphic form. The playful postmodern Wilkes Modular Sofa made the perfect muse for graphic designer Barbara Loveland, who immortalized its famed ‘Chiclet’ shape in the ‘Wilkes Modular Sofa Group’ poster in 1981….

Kayla Plosz Antiel’s original painting has been printed as a high-quality archival print on acid-free paper, made of 100% cotton rag. Created in collaboration with Uprise Art, this artwork print is custom-framed and exclusive to Design Within Reach. It’s archivally framed with acrylic Plexiglas and a matte wood frame. Open edition; unsigned.

For this piece, Carrie Crawford’s original artwork has been printed as a high-quality archival inkjet print on Epson Hot Press acid-free paper, made of 100% cotton rag. This artwork is archivally framed with UV-filtering acrylic Plexiglas and a matte wood frame. Open edition; unsigned.

For this piece, Stacey Beach created an original ink drawing that has been printed as a high-quality limited edition archival print on acid-free paper, made of 100% cotton rag. Created in collaboration with Uprise Art, this limited edition archival artwork print is custom-framed and exclusive to Design Within Reach. It is archivally framed with acrylic…

Sinziana Velicescu is a Los Angeles-based photographer and filmmaker. ‘Van Nuys, CA’ (2018), part of her Fabricating Desert series, explores a constructed reality of the natural landscape as a result of abstracting desert architecture. There is an intimacy and painterly quality to Velicescu’s work in the way she plays with our perception of context and…