Haworth New Office Furniture System: Expectations to sign contract between C.E.S. and Haworth Inc. Letter outlines Christopher Alexander’s thoughts on how to prepare the way by writing down the expectations from his perspective in a collaborative context with Richardson Smith and asking that Haworth Inc. might do the same. Four points of feelings are written and crucial points for how C.E.S. envisions the project are detailed.

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

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