Haworth New Office Furniture System: Office chairs, stools and armchairs

1985

Work of Art for Project, Office Furniture Prototype

Light weight that can be made in a variety of shapes and sizes to fit the user. This piece of furniture was not developed much further beyond small scale models.

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black

Content of

Project

New System of Office Furniture for Haworth, Inc. 1985 to 1986

Holland, MI, U.S.A.

Office Furniture, Designed , Furniture prototypes built by C.E.S.

Client:

Haworth Manufacturing, Inc. - Tom Hench

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Mark Brinner

Design and construction process:

Theree design principles guided the development of the project: 1) Layout of the personal work space by their users in order to meet their own personal needs; this process is achievable through the use of a computer program developed at C.E.S. which carries a worker through the design process. 2) Use of flexible manufacturing techniques, which allow individualisation of each piece of furniture, without increasing costs; the purpose of this feature is to eliminate the modularity that is part and parcel of current systems. 3) The basis of design is the real human needs and desires, not on the latest trend.

Project stages:

Pattern language for project by C.E.S. Generic rules for office layout process Use of full scale mock-ups Fabrication of full size furniture prototypes by C.E.S. Design Development drawings done after fabrication

The new system of office furniture, intended for mass production, was designed in such a way as to be capable of creating the environment for millions of workers, in an endless variety of specific configurations. The line of furniture provided ...

Contents

Drawings

Haworth New Office Furniture System: Office Chairs, Stools and Armchairs - Preliminary Design Drawings 01/01/1985

Preliminary Design, Perspective, Elevation

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Four pages of pen and pencil perspective and elevation sketches with rough dimensions.

Photographs

Haworth New Office Furniture System: Scale models of office furniture pieces / Sweet Potatoes Offices and Workshops: Photographs of models 01/01/1985

Model

Photographer:

Artemis Anninou/C.E.S., Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital, Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Ten photographs of small scale models for the initial testing of the office furniture, representing the initial stage of their development; included are a basic version of the Upright Desk, Rolling Cabinet with Drawers, Counter with Drawers, a Thick Wall, ...