Art

The Sweet Corn Picnic Poster is as much a part of the Herman Miller canon as the Eames Lounge Chair. It was the first of 20 posters designed for the company’s annual employee picnic, and the first assignment given to Stephen Frykholm, who’d just been hired as Herman Miller’s first in-house graphic designer. Frykholm went…

Laxmi Hussain’s inspiration comes from the female form in everyday life, the tenderness of motherhood, and the natural shapes of the body as a vessel and its evolution throughout life. Her work often includes elements that appear incomplete, inviting the viewer to fill in the absences.

For this piece, Portland, OR-based painter Arielle Zamora created an original monotype that 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 limited-edition artwork print is custom-framed and exclusive to Design Within Reach. It is archivally framed with acrylic Plexiglas and…

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…

For this piece, Adrian Kay Wong designed an original digital artwork that 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.

Herman Miller has a long tradition of styling its physical spaces with bold ads and graphics, a process it calls ‘environmental enrichment.’ Fans of the brand often ask where they can find these works of art, which prompted the company to reprint select pieces from its archives. The Coconut Chair Ad by Irving Harper with…

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, any two colors can work together…