Is This The Best Product Design Ever – Eames Aluminum Group Management Chair
The Aluminum Management Office Chair design by Ray and Charles Eames.
Despite its popularity this chair doesn’t get enough credit. Built out of polished aluminum and leather, it is sleek and modern, while also comfortable and ergonomic. Another important factor is that it’s visually comfortable. Often, chairs look comfortable but are not good for actual use, or they look uncomfortable but are well ergonomically designed. This chair is ergonomic and visually comfortable. Designed 52 years ago, it still looks modern today, and I believe will look modern for another 52 years. Once you know it you will see it everywhere–executive board rooms, home offices, commercials, TV shows, movies. This is a design that will last.
Will any product designed today be able to have this staying power? What is your favorite?
all images ©Herman Miller
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What a delightful post, and I agree. There are so many great Eames designs, that it is hard to settle on one favorite, and in some sense, “the Eames chair” was always a work in progress. The molded plywood chair led to the molded fiberglass chair which led to the molded aluminum chair, which you feature so eloquently in this blog. I have noticed the same things you notice, this is, fifty years on, still the “go to” chair for TV news anchors, and talk show hosts, and more.