Esoteric Survey

Commissioned by industrialist J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia Simons Miller in 1953, the Miller house was designed by Eero Saarinen and Kevin Roche, with interiors by Alexander Girard and landscape design by Daniel Urban Kiley. It's located in Columbus, Indiana and was completed in 1957. It was so great to see this in person. That's a custom low back Eames Sofa Compact. It's brass and was shortened because it blocked the view. This letter shows the Millers had issues with the sofa compact right from the get go. Girard solved the problem with the custom version. I wish it went into production.  I dig the height.  The letter is from the “Documenting Modern Living: Digitizing the Miller House and Garden Collection.”  The project created a digital archive of the correspondence, drawings and blueprints, textile samples, and photographs that document design, construction, and maintenance of the Miller House and Garden. It's a fun thing to dive into....

To celebrate Charles Eames’ birthday today, the Miller House and Garden Collection posted some Eames-related items from their archive. The Millers purchased an Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman in 1977 for their Alexander Girard decorated Saarinen house (pic below). It looks like they got a deal too! Source:   Miller House and Garden Collection Source:   Miller House and Garden Collection Source:   Miller House and Garden Collection Source:   Miller House and Garden Collection Too see all the Miller House Eames posts, click  here .  There are some good ones.  If you aren't keeping up with their Documenting Modern Living project, you're blowing it! 

Commissioned by industrialist J. Irwin Miller and his wife Xenia Simons Miller in 1953, the   Miller house was designed by Eero Saarinen, with interiors by Alexander Girard and  landscape design  by Daniel Urban Kiley.  Image: Leslie Williamson The Millers Source:  Indianapolis Museum of Art   The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded the Indianapolis Museum of Art $190,000  for its project  “Documenting Modern Living: Digitizing the Miller House and Garden Collection.”  The Miller House and Garden Collection includes correspondence, drawings and blueprints,  textile samples, and photographs that document design, construction, and maintenance of the  Miller House and Garden in Columbus, Indiana. More information is available from the IMA . I guess if you have Alexander Girard doing your interior you get some pull with Herman Miller, like the option of having an Eames Ti...