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Vivo Interiors
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With its precise, capable, and smart performance, Vivo interiors brings workspaces to life. Designed by Douglas Ball, its refined textures and details, exceptional fit, and versatile colors and materials make a crisp, clean appearance. It embodies Herman Miller's 40 years of learning and experience with systems furniture. And with its essential set of capabilities, Vivo takes the frame-and-tile concept to new levels of affordability.
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Vivo interiors--a frame-and-tile system
In the Vivo frame-and-tile system, steel frames define the workspace, provide the foundation for hang-on components, and house power and data. Tiles attach to the frames, allowing tremendous variety and control of the design and function of individual frames.

Crisp Aesthetic
Clean lines. Trim pieces have a thin profile and interlock for precise alignment.

Visual highlights. Furniture-style glides have a progressive appearance and let in light; open work surface supports are light scaled; a horizontal bead between tiles has a reflective surface.

Purposeful palette. The concise selection features light-to-dark, warm-to-cool finishes that combine harmoniously; glass, laminate, veneer, and textiles offer sophisticated choices.

Smart Performance
Versatile application. Configurations range from highly collaborative areas to more enclosed workstations, using 90- or 120-degree planning.

Variety of heights. Walls are from 35-79 inches for different levels of privacy; stacking frames can raise the height to 90 inches.

Choice of tiles. To support various aesthetic and functional needs, 10 tile styles are offered; crisp edges provide a tight, consistent reveal.

Technology Support
Proven power. Vivo provides a reliable 4-circuit, 8-wire electrical distribution system.

Large capacity. Category 6, 4-pair UTP cables: At a 60 percent fill rate, a nonpowered Vivo frame holds 73 in the base, 37 in the top channel, and 37 every 11 inches of frame height. Category 5e, 4-pair UTP cables: At a 60 percent fill rate, a nonpowered Vivo frame holds 95 in the base, 47 in the top channel, and 47 every 11 inches of frame height.

Multiple routing. Power and data are managed in the base, and frames allow horizontal routing every 11 inches.

Multiple access. Power and data tiles provide access at many locations above and below the work surface.

Easy installation and change. Cables in the top channel and base are laid in.

Sustainable Design
Strict standards. Vivo was designed according to Herman Miller's cradle-to-cradle protocol; also GREENGUARD certified, helping customers achieve LEED credits.

Recyclable. Vivo is 69 percent recyclable; frames are 100 percent recyclable steel; a typical workstation has 36 percent recycled content.

Powder coated. All trim, supports, and storage components are powder coated, eliminating polluting VOCs.

No solvents. Stains are water based.

Good wood. All wood is harvested from managed forest resources.

Earth-friendly textiles. Most textiles are made of a single material for easier recycling; many lines are 100 percent recycled polyester.

 

 

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Product Literature
Download Vivo Interiors product brochure (5.4MB PDF) or product sheet (932KB PDF).

Download Systems Task Lighting product literature (1MB PDF).

Accessories
The Be Collection is a comprehensive array of versatile accessories that enhance the experience of work and encourage personal choice, comfort, and expression. Click to link to The Be Collection product information by category:

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Environmental Product Summary

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Existing Buildings (EB)

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Vivo Typicals
To give you a head start in planning with Vivo, the Typicals Library houses a comprehensive collection of digital drawings that illustrate "typical" workstation clusters. You can browse based on cost, size, and application. The typicals you select are provided in convenient formats and gathered in a single ZIP file for easy downloading.


Pricing Information

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Vivo Interiors

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Care and Maintenance

Finishes Care and Maintenance (98KB PDF)
Textiles Care and Maintenance (92KB PDF)


Case Studies

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News Stories

Herman Miller Introduces Vivo Interiors
June 05, 2006


Awards

My Studio Environments, Vivo Interiors, Leaf personal light, and Celle work chair receive the GOOD DESIGN Award for 2006 from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design and Architecture


 

 

Vivo's upmounted storage units make efficient use of vertical space while keeping workstation walls low.
Elegant, traditional veneer combines with Vivo's progressive furniture-style glides and open bases.
About Face orientation gives people the option of facing outward; sliding door storage units have a refined, practical design.
A Vivo shared office with low walls and a transaction top makes an inviting, accessible work area.
The low walls of these Vivo workstations make it easy for coworkers to confer; the upmount screens add visual interest and a sense of privacy.
With 120-degree planning, Vivo work spaces are open and inviting, encouraging people to interact; D-shaped tops link adjacent surfaces for a continuous, connected work area.
Vivo's thin-profile stacking windows give people a sense of enclosure and personal space while maintaining open views and letting in light.
In a reception area, the light-scaled, "floating" transaction top welcomes visitors, and debossed tiles make a striking visual statement.
Vivo's trim pieces have clean lines and interlock for precise alignment and fit.
Vivo's work surfaces let people face their office entrance in About Face orientation.
Vivo's furniture-style glides and open base give workstations a progressive look, promote airflow, and let in light.

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