Haworth New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase / Hermann Miller New Office Furniture System: Low Bookcase – Photographs

01/01/1988

Finalized Piece of Office Furniture

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

Photographer:

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

Source:

Slide

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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, ...

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Projects

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.

Client:

Haworth Manufacturing, Inc. - Tom Hench

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black, Mark Brinner

Design and construction process:

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.

Project stages:

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

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.

Client:

Herman Miller, Inc. - Rob Harvey, Vice President

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Artemis Anninou, Gary Black

Design and construction process:

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.

Project stages:

Generic rules for office layout process Use of full scale mock-ups Fabrication of full size furniture prototypes and office rooms by C.E.S. Design Development drawings done after fabrication

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 ...

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: Shop Drawings 01/05/1986

Construction Innovation, Shop Drawing, Plan, Section, Elevation

Medium:

Original on Paper

Size:

29"x69"

Scale:

1/2"=1"

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

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