Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: Photographs of computer screens from an office layout process program

01/03/1989

Layout Process

First attempts by Christopher Alexander to develop a computer program, which would provide a step-by-step process allowing the users to layout their private offices on the screen; at each step it would also suggest a selection of available and suitable pieces of furniture. Photographs of eleven computer screens have been found.

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Project 1 Items

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 ...

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Scientific Research 2 Items

Visual & Audio Materials 1 Items

Herman Miller New Office Furniture System: A computer aided design program, used for the laying-out of office spaces, adopted to the needs of the user 01/01/1988

Project, Electronic, Floppy Disk

Three floppy disks and one 2HD hard disk containing the computer aided design program for the layout of offices with furniture. Indicative shots from the program were exhibited in “Designed in California – Rise of the User” on March 2018 ...

Reports 1 Items

Herman Miller Furniture Systems: The Personal Workplace - A System of Office Furniture Designed for Comfort: Computer Manual 01/01/1989

Project, Project Report

Incomplete 11-page document, introducing the idea of a computer program which would provide a process allowing the office users to layout their own offices for themselves, as indicated in the following Table of Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Process; 3. Installation ...