Haworth New Office Furniture System: Rolling Side Table – Sketches

01/05/1985

Preliminary Design, Perspective, Elevation, Details

Three pages with initial perspective pen dimensioned sketches and details by Christopher Alexander.

Drawing:

1) Initial sketch
2) Sketch with note 'Not this one'

Designers:

Christopher Alexander, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Content of

Construction Innovation 1 Items

Haworth New Office Furniture System: Rolling side table / Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Rolling table 1985

Work of Art for Project, Office Furniture Prototype

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black

Rolling side table made of black lucite surfaces with heavy brass castors, used for miscellaneous machines and equipment, and sundry small items. Furniture prototype incorporated in the Center for Environmental Structure office. A version of this, constructed in solid wood, ...

References

Drawings 3 Items

Haworth New Office Furniture System: Rolling Side Table - Design Development Drawings 01/05/1986

Construction Innovation, Design Development, Axonometric, Plan, Section, Elevation

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Vellum

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Scale:

1 1/2"=1', 3/4"=1"

Digitized

Three sheets of ink hardline construction drawings of the rolling side table.
Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Rolling Table - Construction Drawings 02/12/1988

Construction Innovation, Construction Drawings, Axonometric, Section, Elevation, Details

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Scale:

1/8"=1", 1/4"=1", 1/2"=1"

Digitized

The construction process – engineering rationale, description and specifications with detailed drawings; 8-page document prepared for the fabrication and assembly of the rolling table by Herman Miller. .
Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Rolling Table - Construction Drawings 02/12/1988

Construction Innovation, Construction Drawings, Section, Elevation, Details

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Paper, Photocopy

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Scale:

1/8"=1", 1/4"=1", 1/2"=1"

Four detailed construction drawings in-progress of the rolling table, including elevations and sections, axonometric of the frame with details of each pieces, axonometric of the top with details of its pieces, and construction details; also two more drawings on graph ...

Photographs 6 Items

Haworth New Office Furniture System: Rolling Side Table - Photographs 01/01/1985

Construction Innovation, Finalized Piece of Office Furniture

Photographer:

Mark Darley/Esto, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Digital, Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Digitized

Professional photographs of fully functioning prototype piece of office furniture.
Haworth New Office Furniture System: Rolling Side Table - Photographs 01/01/1985

Construction Innovation, Mock-up

Photographer:

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

Source:

Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Digitized

Three photographs of two full scale mock-ups for studying proportions, dimensions and functioning of the rolling table, before building it out of black lucite.
Haworth New Office Furniture System: Rolling Side Table - Photographs 01/01/1985

Construction Innovation, Finalized Piece of Office Furniture

Photographer:

Dennis Anderson, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Negative

Characteristics:

4"x5", Color

Digitized

Professional photograph of fully functioning prototype piece of office furniture.
Haworth New Office Furniture System: Flat-topped Desk with Rolling Cabinet with Drawers next to it, and Upright Desk with the Rolling Side Table - Photographs 01/01/1986

Construction Innovation, Finalized Piece of Office Furniture

Photographer:

Mark Darley/Esto, Martinez, CA, U.S.A.

Source:

Negative

Characteristics:

3 7/8"x4 7/8", Color

Digitized

Two professional photographs of fully functioning prototype pieces of office furniture in use.
Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Rolling Table - Photographs 01/01/1988

Construction Innovation, Finalized Piece of Office Furniture

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital, Slide

Characteristics:

Color

Digitized

Photograph of the fully functioning prototype piece of office furniture.
Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Rolling Table - Photographs of mock-up 01/01/1988

Construction Innovation, Mock-up

Photographer:

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

Source:

Digital, Print

Characteristics:

4"x6", Color

Digitized

Two photographs of a functioning mock-up of the rolling table, made in styrofoam and painted black.

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