Herman Miller Journal, Well-Being
February 26, 2010
By Clark Malcolm
One of the great design features at our Design Yard facility in Holland, Michigan, is a walkway that extends from one end of the building to the other. Lined with windows and without doors to negotiate, the walkway is a great space to meet people, exhibit art and creative projects, look outside, and exercise.
This last option fits in with our Health Management Program, which includes bicycle commuting, fitness programs, and flu shots. Why just the other day, as I was walking to lunch, I was nearly run over by the group in this picture. As I rounded a corner, they came barreling along, talking away, and intent on doing their noon-time walk. We all smiled, said hello, and I thought, “That’s one of the things I like about this place—work is part of life, and not the other way round.”
Herman Miller Journal
August 3, 2009
By Clark Malcolm
You can’t imagine how great it is to see our company newspaper, Spirit, come out for the third year in a row. We do it on a shoestring budget with volunteer help from many employee-writers, photographers, and editors. I’m one of the editors, and reading Spirit is the best way to find out about all the great things that go on at Herman Miller—environmental work, volunteer programs, business triumphs. In a company of 4,000 employees, it’s amazing the variety of interests and depth of feeling among Herman Miller people all over the world. Spirit is 40 pages of life at Herman Miller over the past year!
By Clark Malcolm
Herman Miller Journal
June 26, 2009
By Clark Malcolm
Herman Miller recently lost a great friend, and in many ways, a founding father, Carl Frost. “Jack,” as many friends called him, died at the age of 94.
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Design
June 7, 2009
By Clark Malcolm
There’s a changing of the guard going on at Herman Miller when it comes to design. We are working with the new convenant partners to guide design at Herman Miller for the next couple of decades. Don Goeman, Herman Miller’s executive vice president of research, design and development, interviews five design partners.
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Technology
May 4, 2009
By Clark Malcolm
Illustration credit: Marina Sagona
What do I know about the Web? Does it connect me and my office at home to anything meaningful? Does it weigh a package so that I don’t have to schlep down to the post office for the right postage? Does it ask me how I’m feeling and wish me a good day? Does it explain a sunrise or keep me in touch with my brothers hundreds of miles away? Well, yes and no.
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