Herman Miller Nelson Platform Bench
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Product Specification
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Product Details
- Herman Miller Nelson Platform Bench
George Nelson was a noted teacher and writer, as well as a designer. He studied architecture in Rome and became an editor of Architectural Forum while continuing to design furniture, based on the modern European designs with which he had become familiar.
Equal parts seat and surface, the Nelson Platform Bench emerged from George Nelson’s Fortune magazine office to join his first Herman Miller Collection in 1946. Made with polished chrome or ebonized wood legs, and available in three lengths with a choice of finishes, it serves as a bench, low table, or foundation for the Basic Cabinet Series. A landmark of modern design, the bench has the clean, rectilinear lines that reflect designer George Nelson’s architectural background and his insistence on what he called "honest" design—making an honest visual statement about an object’s purpose. Solid wood slats are spaced to let air and light through, sealed with a clear-coat finish, and finger-jointed for superior strength, all of which make the bench ideal for offices, public areas, and homes.
The Nelson Platform Bench is whatever you need it to be. A bench, for seating. A surface, for displaying objects or plants. A low coffee table, for magazines or books. It also serves as storage bench by elegantly supporting the Nelson Basic Cabinet Series. Its clean, linear lines reflect designer George Nelson's insistence on honest design–making a visual statement that defines an object’s purpose.
Design Story
George Nelson was a noted teacher and writer, as well as a designer. He studied architecture in Rome and became an editor of Architectural Forum while continuing to design furniture, based on the modern European designs with which he had become familiar. His association with Herman Miller began when our founder, D.J. De Pree, saw an article in Life magazine about Nelson’s Storagewall, the first modular storage system and a forerunner of systems furniture. De Pree was so impressed that he went to New York to meet with Nelson and convinced him to be his director of design. The platform bench was part of Nelson's first collection for Herman Miller and was reintroduced in 1994. As presented in the 1948 Herman Miller furniture catalog, the platform bench "is primarily a high base for deep and shallow cases, but it also serves as a low table for extra seating." The 1955 catalog states that the bench "has proved to be one of the most flexible and useful units in the collection." The Nelson Platform Bench was Meant to Discourage Long Sitting Nelson maintained his independent design studio while helping to Move Herman Miller toward contemporary furniture that fit modern post-war lifestyles and homes. He created the first version of the Platform Bench for his own New York office. The idea was that having to sit on a slatted bench would discourage visitors from staying too long. It was one of the few George Nelson design concepts that failed. Visitors found it comfortable, and it drove no one away. The bench became part of Nelson's first collection for Herman Miller in 1946. |
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Strong. Airy. The Best of Both. This bench’s strength is belied by its sleek and airy appearance. It’s made of solid wood slats, spaced to let air and light through, and sealed with a clear-coat finish. The wood legs are ebonized and finger-jointed for added reinforcement. |
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Three Sizes The bench is 14 inches tall and 18 1/2 inches deep and available in three widths—48, 60, and 72 inches. The wood legs are ebonized and finger—jointed. |
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Choose Your Legs Ebonized, finger-jointed wood legs or cantilevered polished chrome legs with leveling glides. |
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Pairs With Nelson Cabinets Why shouldn't storage look beautiful in your home? The Nelson platform bench can be used with George Nelson's basic cabinet series in a variety of ways. Set smaller cabinets on top of the bench. Place larger cabinets next to it. Use them in your dining area, bedrooms, even bathrooms. |
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