It’s all Fun and games with OE1
Art direction, Fall 2023
Introducing the OE1 Agility Game, where players solve design challenges using products from Herman Miller’s OE1 Workspace Collection. This collaborative “open office” board game continuously grows and changes with each new prompt, displaying the nearly endless opportunities that this collection gives employees and organizations.
Visual poetry FOR THE ASARI CHAIR
Art direction, Spring 2023
In a 2020 interview with SixtySix Magazine, designer Naoto Fukasawa says “I keep everything simple. Like haiku. You don’t say things directly. You evoke emotion. You bring out nuance. That’s the beauty of things.”
Fukasawa describes his first project with Herman Miller, the Asari Chair, a friendly creature that people just want to hug—warm, soft, delightful. Inspired by his sentiment, we paired a series of three haikus with visual metaphors to celebrate Asari’s comfort, joy, and form.
Animation: Sam Pickett
Editorial: Molly Singleterry
Additional direction: Kelly O’Hara
Voice talent: Avery Trufelman
Composer: Grant Floering
Sound design: Matthew Bouwense
Photography: Mykah Stuk
It Must be Herman Miller modern
Art direction, Summer 2024
In August, Herman Miller reintroduced two archival designs from the company’s first-ever design director, Gilbert Rohde. In partnership with our archivists, we tell the story of how he transformed Herman Miller’s legacy to that of human-centered design and American modernism.
Optische letters
Personal project
A lowercase font inspired by the illusory work of Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher. Individual letters are complex two-dimensional figures that—on their own or combined—pay homage to Escher’s perspective puzzles “Relativity” and “Waterfall”.
A curious story of designers at play
Art direction, Summer 2022
From Charles and Ray to Mette and Rolf, a beautifully interconnected story of design partnership brought to life in a first-of-its-kind collaboration: eight reimagined Eames classics for Herman Miller x HAY.
gabriel Tan for Herman Miller
Art direction, Summer 2023
We spent a week with designer Gabriel Tan and his family at his home and studio in Porto, discussing design process and his debut products for Herman Miller: the Luva Modular Sofa Group and Cyclade Tables.