While not exactly the type of thing you might take a long nap on, this bench with fiberglass shell chairs from Herman Miller might be a fun piece of furniture in an entry way, or...well let's see what you think. Where could you see this piece in your home? Leave your creative ideas in the comments.
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Comments (9)
I like Eames, but this is too doctor's waiting room for me.
This is a doctor's waiting room. What else would you put here?
Doctors office, bus depot or worse laundromat, does it really matter? I thought the big idea behind re-purposing is finding new creative uses for things obsolete.
I can't think of anywhere in the home where this would look good. Not even the "mud room" since it takes up so much room.
the herman miller seating looks like outdated seating youd see in the waiting room of the nurse's office in school :/
intersting viewpoints... when mid-century modern became hip in the 1980's, not many people get it except artist, architects and bohemians who would dare furnish their homes with these. flash forward to the late 1990's when it finally caught on and it became mainstream, still many don't get it (why would someone furnish their homes with grandma's old stuff or auditorium chairs from MIT, when there are cool stuff at pottery barn?). it's now 2010, the people that started the crazed had moved on to other things a long time ago, still not many get it.
although originally designed for residential use, 95% of these were sold as contract (institutional) furnishings that made herman miller & knoll the giants of the furniture world today. 99% of the vintage stuff sold during the past 20 years came from places like doctor's offices, cafeteria at IBM, (where else would modernica find 1,000 eames blue chairs) and hospital waiting rooms; my eames plywood chairs still retains the tags "property of glendale public library".
it's pricey and not my cup of tea either, but i'm sure someone who's not into frou frou and uses bowling alley lockers and a mechanic's tool chest for storage would easily find a creative use for this.
When we are long gone these choice design pieces will be around. Our grand kids will ask us why we didn't keep more around. Museums are acquiring design furniture for their collections.
Is it for sale?? If yes, ia it then possible to send it to Denmark?!
Best regards
Jacob
Sorry the Herman Miller Tandem Seating - $450
of course!