VISUAL ARTS
Good Design: Stories by Herman Miller
June 4-September 11, 2011
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Good Design: Stories by Herman Miller explores the collaborative problem-solving design process employed at the world-renowned and West Michigan-based furniture company, Herman Miller, Inc. This exhibit uses drawings, models, prototypes, photographs, oral histories, and original designed objects to showcase the creation and evolution of many masterpieces of 20th and 21st century design by such artists as Gilbert Rohde, Ray & Charles Eames, George Nelson, Alexander Girard, Robert Propst, Steve Frykholm, Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick, and others.
Based in tiny Zeeland, Michigan, the company gave the world some of the most iconic objects of the century: Charles and Ray Eames’s molded plywood Lounge Chair, George Nelson’s Marshmallow Sofa and Bill Stumpf and Don Chadwick’s Aeron Chair. Those works – and dozens of others – are at the heart of this exhibit. For these legendary designers, it wasn’t enough for furniture to be beautiful. It had to be practical. It had to make the workplace a better place.
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Austin Museum of Art - Downtown (AMOA-Downtown)
823 Congress Avenue
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June 4-September 11, 2011 -
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Event Name: Good Design: Stories by Herman Miller
"Mid Modern Opening"
Review posted by: roadwarrior from Austin, TX USA, Jun 04, 2011
If you are at all in love with mid century modern design, and who isn't these days, you will totally enjoy wallowing amongst the pioneers of style in this retrospective of beautiful and functional... Expand
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Event Name: Good Design: Stories by Herman Miller
"Mid Modern Opening"
Review posted by: roadwarrior from Austin, TX USA, Jun 04, 2011
If you are at all in love with mid century modern design, and who isn't these days, you will totally enjoy wallowing amongst the pioneers of style in this retrospective of beautiful and functional... Expand
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