It’s a new future for Herman Miller and Hay, with the former acquiring a 33 per cent interest in the acclaimed Danish brand.
Herman Miller has revealed that it has acquired a 33% stake in Danish furniture and accessories brand Hay. Founded in 2002, Hay is an Indesign favourite and has grown into a global empire renowned in the design community – a trait shred by Herman Miller. The 33% equity was purchased in a $66 million (USD) deal
Hay is known for its work with designers and specifiers across the globe, offering over 180 furniture pieces and 350 accessories. Channelling classic Scandinavian aesthetics with a clean, pared back colour palette, Hay’s been a favourite in both homes and the modern office environment for years now.
For what this acquisition practically; Herman Miller in the US will be rolling out the Hay product suite to their American retails arm Design Within Reach as well as launching an all new e-store before the year’s end.
“With more workplaces and commercial spaces adopting a residential feel, the opportunity to offer quality designs at an attainable price point is only expanding,” sais Brian Walker, Herman Miller CEO, “Adding Hay’s considerable stable of products to our ancillary offer further cements Herman Miller’s ability to deliver excellent design to customers regardless of budget or what kind of space they’re outfitting.”
“There’s real agreement on aesthetics and business ethics between the three firms,” McPhee said. “We’re huge believers in authenticity and doing things that are original design.”
These two brands are already icons of international design, and we all know collaboration is at the heart of great design, so we can’t wait to see what this means for the future of both companies going forward.
A searchable and comprehensive guide for specifying leading products and their suppliers
Keep up to date with the latest and greatest from our industry BFF's!
Explore the radical new organisation strategy which accommodates for the hybrid future of work.
Natural forms meet technological sophistication to produce GH Commercial’s Pattern Perfect® Native Collection of carpets. Step inside the factory to see how local flavours inform the design.
Living Edge definitely has the edge when it comes to supplying furniture for the education sector. With a plethora of brands and collections at their fingertips, Living Edge provides the perfect solution for any learning environment.
Bidding farewell to mundane and uninspired office spaces, colour has transformed our workplaces into layered and engaging environments. So we sit down with Karina Simpson, Hot Black’s Workplace Lead, to talk about the influence colour has on the workspace landscape through the prism of Herman Miller’s progressive colour philosophy.
NUDO is the latest furniture and accessories collection from Kelly Wearstler and it’s everything we’ve come to expect and love from the California-based designer.
We have all felt it and continue to experience the ramifications of change. It’s in the air and workplace design is at the vanguard of creating new approaches to working. Design leads the way at the 2023 INDE.Awards as the spotlight shines on The Work Space category and a partner who has recently made a historic change on a global scale.
Voom has it all with superb design, comfort and functionality. A new collection from uber Australian designer Adam Goodrum for Tait is launched and outside living will never be the same again.
With a concept that is at once strikingly new and yet familiar, Lifesize Plans offers a different angle on design. Whether it’s in the process or finished product, projecting plans at real-life scale for people to walk through is an idea with potentially far-reaching consequences.
The internet never sleeps! Here's the stuff you might have missed
A new Reconciliation Garden at the University of Queensland’s (UQ) Herston campus showcases the power of collaborative design. The project saw a partnership between Arcadia, Multhana Property Services and representatives of Traditional Owners of the land.
CONCLAD is a bespoke new material revolutionising the use of concrete in architecture and interior design
With the launch of a new Autex Acoustics x Willie Weston collection, Melbourne’s premier architects and designers were privileged to enjoy an evening of design, collaboration and community.
Timothy Alouani-Roby met with Richard Francis-Jones of fjcstudio (formerly fjmtstudio) to discuss his timely, provocative and, quite frankly, necessary book on architecture. In this first part of the book review, we consider the alienation and commodification of the profession, as well as its place in society.