Esoteric Survey

While in Michigan, I visited the MillerKnoll Archives .  Amy Auscherman, Director of Archives and Brand Heritage at MillerKnoll, has been hard at work since I was there a decade ago. In addition to adding the Knoll archive to her workload, there is now a full fledged design museum. The collection starts in the 1920s and includes contemporary pieces.  Charles and Eero are sort of back together now. I guess Florence Knoll was stockpiling sculptures by her Cranbrook buddy, Harry Bertoia. There were several stashed away in a warehouse in Pennsylvania. They came with the Knoll archive when Herman Miller acquired the company in 2021. This is so good and rare Gilbert Rohde The strap area with Rapson rocker, Risom high chair and the rest is Sorensen.  I believe this is the same chair Eliel Saarinen died in at his house in Cranbrook. The death womb! It was the second Womb Chair ever made.  Eero gave it to his mother,  Loja. This chair sold at Wright from the collection o...

  For their 100 year anniversary, Herman Miller is collaborating with Wright  on a  100-piece capsule collection of vintage pieces.  I was in LA last week for the opening at the Herman Miller showroom. You can view the entire collection  here .  George Nelson MAA, Like  Russel Wright had at Dragon Rock .  Joel Chen with his old friend from his 2011 Pacific Standard Time exhibition, Collecting Eames: The JF Chen collection . Daniel Ostroff (who curated Joel's exhibition) giving his seal of approval after inspecting the screws.  Amy Auscherman, archivist for Herman Miller, quizzing us on the Eames splint. She was sporting a Doyle Lane pendant for us Californians. All the rooms in the showroom are named after designers. The screen for an Alexander Girard textile panel is used for decoration in the Herman Miller office.