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
Place of Creation
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
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