Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Japanese Silk Panel – Construction Drawings

02/12/1988

Construction Drawings, Axonometric, Section, Elevation, Details

The construction process of the Japanese Silk Panel – the engineering rationale, description and specifications with detailed drawings; 7-page document prepared for the fabrication and assembly of low bookcase by Herman Miller. Also a draft of the initial presentation drawing package has been included .

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Scale:

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

Content of

Construction Innovation

Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Japanese silk panels 1988

Work of Art for Project, Office Furniture Prototype

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black

Panels of hand made japanese silk, no two alike; shining colors, beautiful drawing. To be used either as wall decoration mounted on the wall, or as pin boards for pinning notices and miscellaneous notes. Each panel has a cork/celotex backing ...

Contents

Drawings

References

Drawings

Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Japanese Silk Panel - Construction Drawings 02/12/1988

Construction Innovation, Construction Drawings, Section, Elevation, Details

Designers:

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

Medium:

Blueprint

Size:

11"x17"

Two final detailed construction drawings of the silk panel; the first of the panel front and rear elevations, while the second includes details of its frame and its connection to the wall; also drafts of the same drawings.

Photographs

Hermann Miller New Office Furniture System: Japanese Silk Panel - 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

Three views of the Japanese Silk Panel, with the wall lights above it, fully functioning prototype pieces of office furniture.