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The world's first open-plan furniture system, the Action Office system continues to keep up with changes in the workplace--offering simplicity, value, perfect fit, and proven function. With 90- and 120-degree planning options, Action Office is a versatile, hard-working system for practical organizations. It functions equally well in high-visibility multishift stations and behind-the-scenes managers' offices. |
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Action Office--a panel system
In the Action Office panel system, panels define the work space, provide a structural foundation for hang-on components, house electrical and data wires, and influence the aesthetic character of the environment. Panels are shipped fully assembled. Other components are preassembled, including work surface attachment hardware and raceways.
Simple, Practical Performance
Fast, simple installation. No panel system is easier or quicker to install and reconfigure.
Concise, versatile vocabulary. Simplifies ordering, speeds installation, and streamlines inventory control.
90- and 120-degree planning. Action Office can take the shape that helps people work at their best and helps organizations use floor space most efficiently.
Panel choices. A variety of sizes, shapes, and surface treatments; stacking panels let privacy levels be controlled and varied.
Never obsolete. Components manufactured today are compatible with the original generation.
Quality and Strength
Sturdy connections. Rigid, full-length connectors automatically align panels; steel construction ensures connectors do not weaken with repeated reconfiguration.
Hard-working panels. Stress-skin construction allows panels to meet or exceed industry requirements for strength and durability.
Technology Support
Lay-in cabling. Avoids extra work and possible damage due to cable threading.
Plenty of cable capacity. Up to 83 Category 5e 4-pair UTP cables or 65 Category 6 cables at a 60 percent fill rate in the powered base; without power, 173 Category 5e cables or 134 Category 6 cables; the powered vertical cable management panel, 50 Category 5e cables or 39 Category 6 cables.
High-powered. 4-circuit, 8-wire system with 1 dedicated circuit; combinations include 3 general circuits and 1 dedicated circuit, 2 general and 2 isolated, or 1 general and 3 isolated.
Work surface access. A vertical cable management panel provides power and data access at work surface level.
Earth-conscious Design
Powder coating. On all metal parts and Formcoat surfaces; no VOCs.
Water-based stains. No solvents.
Sustainable wood supplies. Only from managed forest resources. |
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Design Story
While Robert Propst was developing the original Action Office system in the 1960s, he realized he could never pin down exactly what the office should look like.
Even then, the way that offices worked was changing. So instead, Propst developed a system of components that could be combined and recombined to become whatever an office needs over time, that could adapt to aesthetic changes, now and in the future.
In 1968, Herman Miller introduced the fruit of Propst's 10-year effort to rethink the office: the first panel-based office furniture system in the world. More than 30 years later, a $5 billion installed base and a continuing demand for the Action Office system have proven his original ideas sound.
Today's Action Office reestablishes the success of the original system by expressing the basic Action Office concept with new details and capabilities. The panels carry an increased energy and cable load for heavy technological demands. Altered details on work surfaces and storage components reflect changing visual tastes. A number of new components offer more options, including 120-degree planning, to suit each individual's work process.
At the same time, Action Office remains true to the fundamental principles of the system: space-saving benefits, simple ordering and inventory, design options, and interchangeable components. Most important, it preserves the owner's investment by continually adapting to the shifting conditions of the workplace.
Herman Miller supports Action Office furniture with a 12-year warranty and a continuing commitment to research and improvement. |
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Awards
Worldesign Congress 1985 to the Action Office system as the world's most significant industrial design for the years 1961-1985
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