Designing Aeron

Poster, Ergonomic Resilient Seating Positions, circa 1985

Poster

Movable Model for Herman Miller Aeron Chair Design Proposal, 1991-1994

Model (Representation)

Seat of an Aeron Armchair Prototype, 1991

Seat (Furniture component)

Herman Miller Aeron Chair Design Proposal Drawing, 1991-1994

Copy (Derivative object)

Aeron Chair Back Mold and Form, 1992

Back (Furniture component)

Aeron Armchair Prototype #6, 1992 or 1993

Office Chair

Aeron One-Piece Seat Frame Mold & Form, June 1993

Seat frame

Aeron Chair Lumbar Support Model, circa 1993

Model (Representation)

Prototype Aeron Chair, 1993

Office chair

Seat of an Aeron Side Chair Prototype, circa 1993

Seat (Furniture component)

Aeron Chair Tilt Mechanism Housing Model, circa 1993

Model (Representation)

Aeron Prototype Task Chair, 1993

Office chair

Fabric Samples, circa 1993, Used for Evaluation during the Aeron Chair Design Process

Sample

Aeron Mesh Back Prototype Office Chair, 1992-1994

Office chair

Aeron Side Chair Prototype, circa 1993

Office Chair

Aeron Armchair Prototype, circa 1993

Office Chair

Aeron Prototype Task Chair, 1993

Office chair

Aeron Prototype Task Chair, circa 1994

Office chair

Aeron Prototype Task Chair, 1994

Office chair

Aeron Prototype Task Chair, 1994

Office chair

Aeron Armchair Prototype, 1994

Office Chair

Aeron Task Chair, Pre-Production Prototype, 1994

Armchair

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.

Aeron Side Chair, circa 1994

Side chair

Aeron Chair Production Model, 2005

Office chair

In the 1980s, Herman Miller furniture company designers Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick created an easy chair for the elderly--called the Sarah Chair--but it was never commercially manufactured. Stumpf and Chadwick recognized that the modern workplace could benefit from the solutions they developed for the Sarah Chair. They used the lessons learned--and three more years of research--to create the Aeron, a groundbreaking office chair.