Herman Miller furniture

[Dave Hinz]

Does your body change shape drastically often, that this would be a daily thing you'd have to change?

[Andy Dingley]

Those are cows. You appear to be working in a Far Side cartoon. Don't let the dark glasses and the Ben & Jerry's T-shirts fool you.

[Mark Jerde]

Ahhh... A "blanket party"?

-- Mark

[J. Clarke]

I'm sitting in one right now. Quite comfortable. It has a zillion adjustments though--perhaps you had a crucial one wrong. Or maybe just the wrong size--they come in three.

[J. Clarke]

For size anyway. Plenty of other adjustments though.

That's kind of what pushed me off center to get an Aeron--I had had an Ergon that I bought used--it was actually a composite of an Ergon seat and the base off another brand that the store had put together. The stand finally went bust and I went through three Staples chairs before deciding that I'd already spent enough on crap chairs to pay for an Aeron and if I was going to pay for another I might as well be sitting in it.

One place I did some computer work I sat in a particular chair that seemed familiar. Tipped it up and sure enough it was a genuine Ergon among all the cheap junk. I told the person who normally sat in it what she had--she was kind of surprised to know that she was sitting in a better chair than the CEO.

[J. Clarke]

FWIW, mine is apparently a real rarity--it's rosewood with blue leather--I asked HM what it would cost to replace it with the exact same and they told me that they can't--apparently it was a custom job.

Price new on an Eames is around $4K IIRC.

Still popular chairs and appear regularly as props on TV and in movies. Noticed a couple of them in the shrink's office on Joan of Arcadia tonight.

[igor]

Yes, blue is unusual, IME.

I've seen it on a number of shows over the years. It's inconic.

[Dave Hinz]

I have just been hit by said cow-orker, who tells me he is not, in fact, a cow. He's from Iowa, so he would know, I guess. Maybe he's a pear.

Dave "About to get hit again, I bet" Hinz

[Dave Hinz]

Naah, psychological means are more effective, and don't get one fired.

Dave "Er, so I've heard, that is" Hinz

[Andy Dingley]

Maybe the potato-shaped Unix guy is from Idaho ?

[Dave Hinz]

How did you know I was a Unix guy? (hm...) Ah yes, we've met in another context. Funny how that works. But yeah, he's more pear (read: potoato shape plus settling).