Image: “Peace on Earth” by Alexander Girard, available as holiday cards from Amazon.

This blog is 12 months old. What a great year it has been! We’ve gone from a small but dedicated number of readers (thanks Mum and Dad!) each week to well over 10,000 and the number keeps growing. It turns out we have a really ecclectic global community growing up around the blog. You are opinionated, smart and just as committed to great design as we are here at Herman Miller.

In the new year we’ll be building on what we’ve done and expanding. Look out for more great inspirational spaces, real and imagined; you’ll keep getting our product roundups; delicious recipes; interviews with designers and news about Herman Miller designs and developments. We will also we’ll be adding some new voices to our already strong team of contributors. They will explore the experience of working at home in all its glory…and madness.

But for now – this week between Christmas and New Year – we are taking our first break. We plan ahead at Lifework so you’ll still be getting posts each day. We’ve trawled back through our archives and found the best inspirational spaces – the ones you liked best and some of the ones I most enjoyed putting together.

So enjoy and have a great break. We’ll see you back here next year!

Cerentha