Haworth New Office Furniture System: Letter introducing two proposed lists of furniture elements which could be fabricated by C.E.S. and the R/S companies. Furniture preferred to be fabricated by C.E.S. are marked with asterisk. Also, expressing some important points for consideration to be discussed

Holland, MI, U.S.A.

Haworth Manufacturing, Inc. - Tom Hench

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Mark Brinner

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.

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

Tom Hench, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

Christopher Alexander, Center for Environmental Structure, Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.

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