Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994

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Artifact Overview

Designers Don Chadwick and Bill Stumpf explored new materials that could replicate the cooling effect of historic wicker furniture and studied human sitting habits to create Herman Miller's groundbreaking Aeron task chair. One of the last in a series of experimental prototypes, this 1994 version incorporates the distinctive skeletal appearance that exemplified the production Aeron introduced later that year.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Armchair

Date Made

1994

Creator Notes

Designed by Don Chadwick (Santa Monica, California) and Bill Stumpf (Minneapolis, Minnesota) for Herman Miller Inc., Zeeland, Michigan.

Location

at Henry Ford Museum in Fully Furnished

Object ID

2005.92.9

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Herman Miller, Inc.

Material

Plastic
Pellicle (TM)
Metal

Color

Black (Color)
Dark gray

Dimensions

Height: 36 in (at lowest setting)
Width: 27 in
Length: 19 in