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

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, was developed in 1988 for the Herman Miller office furniture system.

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Project 2 Items

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.

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 ...
The Personal Workplace - New System of Office Furniture 1988 to 1990

Zeeland, MI, U.S.A.

Office Furniture, Designed , Two personal offices with furniture prototypes built by C.E.S.

Herman Miller, the second largest manufacturer of office furniture in the United States, commissioned C.E.S. to develop the "personal workplace", a new system of furniture, which aimed at changing the nature of the American workplace completely. The emphasis was on ...

Contents

Drawings 3 Items

Haworth New Office Furniture System: Rolling Side Table - Sketches 2 2) Sketch with note 'Not this one' 01/05/1985

Preliminary Design, Perspective, Elevation, Details

Three pages with initial perspective pen dimensioned sketches and details by Christopher Alexander.
Haworth New Office Furniture System: Rolling Side Table - Design Development Drawings 3 3) Elevations and sections 01/05/1986

Design Development, Axonometric, Plan, Section, Elevation

Three sheets of ink hardline construction drawings of the rolling side table.
Haworth New Office Furniture System: Rolling Side Table - Preliminary Design Drawings 01/05/1985

Preliminary Design, Perspective, Elevation, Details

Two pages of pencil hardline preliminary elevations .

Photographs 4 Items

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

Finalized Piece of Office Furniture

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

Mock-up

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

Finalized Piece of Office Furniture

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

Finalized Piece of Office Furniture

Two professional photographs of fully functioning prototype pieces of office furniture in use.

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References

Articles 1 Items

Toward a Personal Workplace: Portfolio of Interiors and a New System of Office Furniture 15/09/1987

Publication, Article