House Industries Designs Hand-Printed Eames Tables For Herman Miller Asia-Pacific

The very hip type foundry House Industries has teamed up with Herman Miller to produce a limited edition series of 80 Eames wire-base tables.



The Eames wire based low tables (LTR) include letters, numbers and ornaments from their Eames Century Modern font collection.



Each tabletop is hand-printed by House’s own David Dodde in their Grand Rapids, Michigan factory, returned to Herman Miller for assembly then packaged in a special House Industries-designed wooden crate.



Andy Cruz originally showed sketches of a printed LTR table to Yoko Sasaki, Marketing director of Herman Miller Japan, during his trip to Tokyo in 2010. Soon after House Industries got busy with the Eames Office and Herman Miller in Zeeland, Michigan to bring the sketches to life. As with most House Industries projects, they tried their best to make the packaging for this limited edition something you wouldn’t throw away once the table was removed. I believe they succeeded.


Photography by Carlos Alejandro

Forty tables will be available in Hong Kong at the Herman Miller Reach event on September 16, 2011 and 40 will be available at the House Industries exhibition at the Herman Miller Tokyo Showroom on October 27, 2011.

Reach Hong Kong
September 16, 2011
Hong Kong Design Institute
3 King Ling Road,
Tseung Kwan O,
N.T., Hong Kong
http://reach.hermanmillerasia.com/

House at Herman Miller Japan
Opening Reception: October 27, 2011
Herman Miller Japan Showroom
Marunouchi MY PLAZA
2-1-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-0005, Japan
http://www.hermanmiller.co.jp/

information courtesy of House Industries

Japanese Botanical Artist Makoto Azuma Goes Green With The Classic Aeron Chair.

Apparently, a rolling task chair does gather moss.



Japanese artist Makoto Azuma, known for his botanical creations, has collaborated with Herman Miller’s Tokyo store, to create this "green" version of Bill Stumpf's Aeron chair. The faux moss-covered chair will be on display in the store this summer.








The chair will be on display this summer at the Herman Miller store in Marunouchi, which just opened earlier this year. In addition to their standard line-up of products, the Marunouchi Herman Miller store is known for their one-of-a-kind collaborations with Japanese designers.

Herman Miller

5 Artist Painted Eames Rockers Are The Bait In Herman Miller's Design For You Contest

As a company Herman Miller is known for great design and working for a better world around you. Their new DESIGN FOR YOU contest, which began September 8 and continues through November 2nd, is a smart marketing ploy for Herman Miller to add people to their database. By entering, you are signing up for the Herman Miller Lifework (Retail) e-mail subscription. The more people who enter, the better the prizes.

How exactly does it work?
As more people submit their e-mail adresses, more prizes are unlocked. Each prize is better than the last.



For the grand prize, you could win one of five artist painted Eames Rockers by Andrew Holder, Philip Lumbang, Christopher Lee, Mark Giglio, and Josh Cochran. Each chair is one-of-a-kind (more pics of each chair later in the post).




See detailed images of all the chairs after the making of video below.


The 5 Artist decorated Eames Shell Rocker Chairs:
Andrew Holder:







Christopher Lee:





Phil Lumbang:






Josh Cochran:







Mark Giglio:







A drawing takes place each week if they reach the sign-up goal for that week. If they don’t meet the goal, there is no drawing. The contest goes on to the next prize.

Design for You Contest Prize List:
(1) Herman Miller Design coffee table book autographed by John Berry. Unlocked at 100 entries to be awarded.
(1) Eames Hang-It-All. Requires at least 250 entries to be awarded.
(1) Steve Frykholm autographed Lemonade Herman Miller picnic poster. Requires at least 500 entries to be awarded.
(1) Leaf light. Requires at least 1,000 entries to be awarded.
(1) Setu task chair (slate grey frame / Alpine Lyris). Requires at least 2,500 entries to be awarded.
(1) Eames molded plywood splint. Requires at least 5,000 entries to be awarded.
(1) Embody chair (white frame and mango textile) (IRS Form 1099 required). Requires at least 7,500 entries to be awarded.
(5) Grand prizes, hand-painted Eames Plastic Armchair with Rocker Base (IRS Form 1099 required). Requires at least 10,000 entries to be awarded.
(1) Aeron chair (IRS Form 1099 required). Prize awarded to the entrant who refers the most people to successfully enter the contest. Legitimate entries will count as a "referral". No credit will be given for invalid e-mail addresses or entries.

The last prize listed above is the one thing I don't like about the contest. This part is as akin to spam as it gets... if you get the most people to sign up by entering a ton of email addresses, you are entered in a drawing and can win an Aeron chair, but you can skip that part.


Enter here.