Herman Miller

  • Rachel Lucas

Herman Miller have been creating furniture for over 100 years. They place great value on community service, the health and well-being of their customers and employees, as well as the environment. They are a world renowned company, who pride themselves upon being pioneers of excellent and ergonomic design. “Our journey to a better world around us” refers to the companies philosophy to be considerate of the environment around us. For Herman Miller, this translates not only in creating great furniture that works with it’s environment, but also in creating furniture that is ecologically friendly.

Herman Miller are most notable for their design and manufacture of chairs. These are now synonymous with the companies work and brand.

A simple chair is the main focus of the Annual Report. The chair represents the companies concern for the individual within the community, and the community as a whole.

The line drawn throughout the report helps to navigate the reader throughout the document, giving it a personal, narative quality.

The colour palette created for the report was chosen to reflect the red/orange and grey colours used in the companies logo. The complementary colour of red is green which represents the companies environmental values. In being a complementary colour, the green/turquoise also sets off the red/orange within the report.