Haworth New Office Furniture System – Low Bookcase / Herman Miller New Office Furniture System – Low Bookcase: Shop Drawings

01/05/1986

Shop Drawing, Plan, Section, Elevation

Hardline pencil shop drawing of the low bookcase, used for its construction.

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

29"x69"

Scale:

1/2"=1"

Content of

Construction Innovation

Haworth New Office Furniture System: Low bookcase / Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Low bookcase 1985

Work of Art for Project, Office Furniture Prototype

Created by:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black

The Low Bookcase, a simple elegant piece of furniture, was designed to be used as a divider within a room or to line a wall or finally as a built-in element within a thick wall. Available in five different lengths, ...

References

Drawings

Haworth New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase / Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase - Preliminary Design Drawings 01/05/1985

Construction Innovation, Preliminary Design, Section, Elevation

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

8 1/2"x11"

Scale:

1"=1'

Eight pencil elevation sketches of the low bookcase and one section, depicting work in progress, while studying variation of proportions and spacing before the configuration was finalized.
Haworth New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase / Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase - Design Development Drawings 01/05/1986

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

Designers:

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

Medium:

Original on Vellum

Size:

8 1/2"x11", 10"x13"

Scale:

1 1/2"=1'

Three sheets of ink hardline construction drawings, including axonometric, elevation, plan and section with basic dimensions.
Haworth New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase / Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase - 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"

The construction process of the Low Bookcase – the engineering rationale, description and specifications with detailed drawings; 14-page document prepared for the fabrication and assembly of the low bookcase by Herman Miller.

Photographs

Haworth New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase / Hermann Miller New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase - 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

Professional photographs of fully functioning prototype piece of office furniture.
Haworth New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase / Hermann Miller New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase - Photographs 01/01/1985

Construction Innovation, Finalized Piece of Office Furniture

Photographer:

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

Source:

Negative

Characteristics:

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

Professional photograph of fully functioning prototype piece of office furniture.
Haworth New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase / Hermann Miller New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase - Photographs 01/01/1988

Construction Innovation, Finalized Piece of Office Furniture

Photographer:

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

Source:

Slide

Characteristics:

Color

View of the low bookcase as built and integrated in the private office mock-up for Herman Miller Inc.