Nowness displays the personal photo collection of designer Alexander Girard. Featuring family and friends on their travels, these vacation snaps have clearly been taken with a creative eye.

Born in NYC, raised in Florence, Alexander travelled extensively throughout his life, picking up ideas and inspiration for his own work and adding to his vast collection of folk art now housed at the Museum of International Folk Art in New Mexico. Girard’s textile work for Herman Miller has become legendary in these mid century obsessed times. Having collaborated with the likes of the Eames’ and Georg Jensen, he stands alongside them in the 20 century hall of design fame.

More looks after the click.

Our friends at Notcot point us at this very quick walk-through  from the House Industries Eames LTR exhibiton over at Herman Miller Japan.

Moco turns us onto this new desk design from Herman Miller: Bill Stumpf, designer of the iconic Aeron Chair, works again on a new desk system for Herman Miller. The Envelope Desk is molded from urethane on the front section which  ”tilts up to 7 degrees in order to maintain sightline with a computer monitor or laptop,” while the rear remains horizontal. The idea from Herman Miller is that the users, desk, and chair, should move to complement one another in terms of position and comfort. We have to agree.

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The classic Eames chair drops in a new non-limited “white ash” colorway. That is good news for the collectors that are looking for those special color options from Herman Miller. This one is accessible to all, as long as you can handle the $5780 price. Well worth it, we say. Some specs: “The cushions are individually upholstered. The veneers are 7-ply. The hardware fastens the cushions to the shells without marring the appearance of the wood… Both pieces are 29 percent recyclable, it’s more likely that you’ll pass these heirloom pieces on to another generation.” Truth.

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Herman Miller has released a new limited Asia edition of the iconic Eames Lounge Chair and Ottoman. This version comes in all black, featuring black plywood framing and black premium leather. The chair is delivered along with a limited edition vintage poster of the chair. Both the framed print and the chair are limited to 100 pieces.

Take a further look after the jump.

Curated turns us onto this:

“Reports from Japan break the news that Herman Miller will be re-releasing a fine series of cabinets and storage pieces. The case series, designed by George Nelson, will appear later this month in Japan.”

See more over at Curated.

Selectism Columnist, author, and designer, Theo Rosendorf lands over on the Herman Miller Lifework Blog. Mr. Rosendorf discusses his home office in Atlanta which he has worked from for more than twenty years. It is a good read into his world of design and type.

It’s the holiday season and with the help of some friendly brands and supporters of Selectism, we are giving away  a bunch of great items from now through the end of the year through the Selectism Twitter feed. We’ll start if off with this excellent Herman Miller Select Walnut Spinning Top Set. As mentioned the when we first covered this spinning top set, “Eames was fond of games, as you’ll guess, as a method of relaxation and beginnings to creative work. These tops are inspired by Eames, if not purely in aesthetic then by thought. Beautifully formed from walnut, they are designed by Klein Reid.”

We’ve made it pretty easy to enter and win.

Follow Selectism on Twitter and tweet the following message:  Follow @selectism and RT this message by Dec 7 for a chance to win a Herman Miller Select Spinning Top Set http://bit.ly/4OG4qP

We’ll randomly choose a retweet as the winner on Dec 8th. Good luck.

Designed by Ayako Takase of Providence’s Kaiju Studios, the Herman Miller Airia desk is made of a solid walnut frame with tapered steel legs. Function fine furniture, the piece combines elegant lines with thoughtful management of wires and cables. A companion media cabinet is also available. 

Details of the desk after the jump.