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Balance, Design, Products December 2, 2011

Herman Miller + Art Basel | Miami Beach III

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Last night the Luminaire Lab Showroom played host to the Eames Aluminum Group’s outdoor series of chairs and tables which we launched at ICFF in May. Owner Nasir Kassamali spotted the pieces at the fair and was passionate about including them in his new second story addition to the showroom that for the duration of Art Basel is devoted to all things outdoors.


Above: The Eames Aluminum Group outdoor pieces, Konstantin Grcic’s Corian hearts for the Design Love exhibition and auction, Andree Putman’s Corian sail boat bowl and an illuminated Luminaire.

Also on display is the Design Love exhibition – a collaboration between DuPont, Intramuros magazine and well known designers including Ingo Maurer, Andree Putman, Jean-Marie Massaud, Patricia Urquiola and Konstantin Grcic (whose wonderful Chair One and Stool One are part of the Herman Miller Collection and grace the halls of Art Basel). The works are all in Corian and are exhibited together for the first time at Luminaire. You can bid for them in an online auction here until December 3. Sales will benefit the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami.

Photo credit: The image above of the Luminaire sign is from Worldredeye – check out their site for some great coverage of Design Miami.

Balance, Design, Products May 23, 2011

Sitting Pretty?

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Above: Interior designer Kimberly Hall’s office complete with dog and Aeron.

It was wonderful to return to Los Angeles last week with so many great stories from ICFF. What wasn’t so wonderful was returning with a bad back. A combination of lugging heavy luggage and blogging from the ICFF lounge threw my back into spasm. (I really hope they get some work stations set up on the fair floor next year!) Writing from a sofa chair each day, shoulders stooped, forearms at a slope, neck bent – it’s a recipe for disaster. And I am paying for it now.

It brought home the importance of a good office chair and the joy I get from my black leather Eames Aluminum Group management chair – which I realize I’ve taken for granted all these years. Although now my back is out I am seriously thinking of moving on to an Aeron. I had found myself at the Room & Board showroom in Culver City yesterday. They’ve got a whole area set up with Herman Miller office chairs. The Aeron was bliss! That higher back felt really good. As did the extra lumbar support.

I’d love to know what you are sitting on as you read this. Has anyone else made the transition from EAG to Aeron?

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