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A graduate of Duke University, Antares Yee is creative director of Sun at Six, a Brooklyn-based design studio interested in how spaces affect our everyday choices and interactions. For the Rise Bookstand (2017), Lee set out to create a piece to emphasize lower room perspectives. Handcrafted from solid black walnut, Rise’s modular design allows for…

Each handmade Vitra miniature is a classic in the history of furniture design reduced in size at a scale of 1:6. True to the original pieces in structure and materials, the miniatures are precision-crafted, making them a thoughtful gift for a furniture lover or design professional. Each Vitra miniature comes handsomely packaged in a wood…

Part of our collaboration with Berea College, a tuition-free college in Berea, Kentucky, and the first integrated co-ed college in the South, the Convergence Vase was designed in a partnership between visiting designer Norman Teague, craft apprentice Jose-Alfredo Ramos-Macias ’21, and ceramics student Elsa Black ’23. The design focuses on the “kinship of all people”…

The Nelson Eye Clock (1957) is one of more than 150 clocks designed by George Nelson Associates for the Howard Miller Clock Company. First launched as a studio by George Nelson in 1947 in New York City, Nelson Associates employed some of the most celebrated designers of the time, including Irving Harper, Don Chadwick, John…

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…

Herman Miller stands at the forefront of modern American design, producing timeless classics while fostering an innovative, influential, and sustainable future. Herman Miller: A Way of Living (2023) chronicles the company’s storied history, detailing its defining moments while showcasing its visionary designers, including Charles and Ray Eames, George Nelson, and Alexander Girard, among many others….

Animated by folds and reliefs, the Timoclea Bowl, designed by Chiara Andreatti (2021), is a centerpiece that transforms an ordinary piece of fruit or flowers into a work of art. This bowl captivates with its mixture of softness and tension. Beautifully handcrafted and hand finished, the surface is enhanced by the effects of light and…