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- Future Proofing Learning Spaces Jeff Vredevoogd, Director of Herman Miller Education, talks about how to design for change.
- Going Green On Campus Herman Miller’s Dan Broersma offers advice on how to make green improvements without high costs.
- Living, Learning, Socializing Six guiding principles for furnishing residential spaces.
- Rethinking Learning Spaces CLO highlights effective learning space ideas for businesses based on Herman Miller’s Learning Space Research Program.
- How Students See Sustainability USGBC’s Center for Green Schools recently highlighted Herman Miller’s student video contest on its blog.
- Easing the Transition to the Workplace From college to corporate, learning spaces can help students ease the transition to the workplace.
- Designing for the Classroom A history of Herman Miller in the classroom over the past 40 years.
- Emerging Trends in Education Atlantic Life features a conversation with Herman Miller’s Susan Whitmer, Education Design Expert.
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Research
Asking, listening, and observing are the keys to uncovering insights. We focus on robust research and firsthand experience to lay the foundation for innovative solutions.
Education Research Summaries
The Future of Learning
Our ongoing study of current trends in higher education reveals a whole new culture emerging. Technology, changing student demographics, and economics all play a role in shaping this new world.
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Sustainability and Higher Education
Over the past decade, a movement has been emerging on college campuses, with an explosion of activities taking place that all fall under one immense umbrella —and its color is green. Why and how sustainability has become a major focus for colleges and universities is the theme of a series of Herman Miller articles.
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Knowledge and Insights
We’re constantly adding to our understanding through research, experience, and monitoring outside sources. The more we learn, the more expertise, insights, and solutions we have to share with you.
Topics in Education
A Pipeline for Middle-Skill Workers
While middle managers go wanting, middle-skill workers—e.g., computer support specialists and radiation therapists—are still in demand. Community colleges are responding by redoubling their efforts to teach real-world skills that are prerequisites to middle-skill jobs.
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Campus IT Cultivates Its Human Side
The IT profession is putting new emphasis on people skills, especially for those who work at the intersection of education and technology. A recent roundtable we hosted suggested that campus tech teams should hone their interpersonal skills to improve their service and establish themselves as trusted advisors.
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Solutions
Developing solutions for higher education is a collaborative process, much like learning itself. We work closely with customers, learning about their goals and sharing our insights before delivering a solution that fits their needs.
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SIUE Wins Bronze Citation
By creating a collaborative space with flexible furnishings and seating options, Herman Miller helped this charter school engage and support students in learning. Jurors cited the design for its good use of technology, variety of collaboration/presentation spaces, and seating options within the classrooms. The design won an American School & University Educational Interiors Showcase award.
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Proof
Individual people, pedagogies, and places require individual solutions to make learning as engaging as possible. Discover how Herman Miller Education has provided unique solutions for the challenges of other institutions.
Education Case Studies
K-State Olathe International Animal Health and Food Safety Institute
When work began on the $28 million, LEED certified Silver, International Animal Health and Food Safety Institute, it was groundbreaking in more ways than one: it would be the first higher education facility supported by a local tax, and the ongoing tax support would make it equivalent to one of the country’s largest endowments ever to a higher education public institution initiative.
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Madonna University College of Nursing and Health
In 2011, the College began planning a renovation of some existing spaces, which would become five new Simulation Labs—a high acuity area, a birthing unit, and two patient rooms. These high-tech, innovative additions, complete with computerized “patient” manikins, give the school’s approximately 600 undergrad and graduate nursing students the opportunity to learn in lifelike hospital settings.
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Student Video Contest
We sponsor an annual student video contest to capture the important voice of students on key topics in higher education. Check out the students' winning results.
Learning Spaces Research Program
We collaborate with schools in an ongoing project to test new design approaches for educational spaces.
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Swoop Lounge Furniture
“Students don’t really sit in a chair,” observes Swoop designer Brian Kane. “They sprawl. They lie. They perch.” So he created a versatile lounge seating and table solution that gives people the freedom to move and create spaces that suit their needs.
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Everywhere Tables
Adaptability is core to the design of the Everywhere table. Nearly limitless choices offer solutions for almost any kind of space, allowing you to create exactly what you want. Refined aesthetics keep the environment feeling unified no matter how you put it together or mix it up again.
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Caper Chairs
Students move, faculty move, and the learning environment changes, so furniture should easily adapt, too. Caper chairs provide the kind of flexibility active students and faculty crave. Lightweight, portable, stackable and movable, they help people come together, move around, and collaborate naturally.
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Meridian Storage
Multitasking is a valuable skill, even for modular storage furniture. Meridian can be stacked or topped with a cushion, letting you create comfortable, convenient gathering spots for teachers and students to sit or stand.
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Setu Chairs
Instantly comfortable for anyone, anywhere, Setu supports and conforms to the person in it, providing personalized support. It’s a perfect fit for learning spaces and libraries where all kinds of different people come and go all day.
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Thrive Portfolio
To keep your body in healthy alignment all day, something’s got to move. Ideally you – and your furniture. By making your monitor, chair, desk, and lighting adapt to you, you can maintain the healthy viewing distances and postures that prevent strain. Put it all together, and you can Thrive.
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