Public Office Landscape

Living Office Living Office helps people customize their methods, tools, and places of work to express and enable shared character and purpose. It is based on what is fundamental to all and evolves continuously in response to change. It is a more natural and desirable workplace that fosters greater connection, creativity, productivity, and, ultimately, greater prosperity for all. Public Office Landscape Designed by Yves Béhar and fuseproject, 2013 In the new landscape of work, technology enables us to work anywhere and to collaborate virtually. Despite this, people continue to be drawn to the...

Designer Story Understanding the importance of collaboration in the workplace and knowing that it happens most often at the desk, Yves Béhar and his team began investigating solutions that would merge casual parts of the office environment with spaces where people work, evenly spreading collaborative zones throughout the floorplan. As a starting point, they explored solutions that would bring a new level of ergonomics to casual and group seating. Béhar’s concept proposed collaborative areas in close proximity to and as a part of individual workspaces. The design would encourage the type of productive...

Collaborative Flow We believe collaboration isn’t exclusive to conference rooms or desks; it happens everywhere. Public was designed to support fluid interactions and spontaneous conversations across the entire landscape, keeping the office in a state of flow, where people are engaged, focused, and able to move freely between collaborative and individual modes of work.

make wall straight instead of on an angle Casual Performance The Social Chair is the core component of the Public system. It brings a new level of ergonomics and functionality to soft seating by accommodating a range of people and postures as they work. The chair encourages the purposeful interactions that drive work— at the desk, in group areas, and throughout the entire office. Both literally and figuratively, the Social Chair is designed for connection. Its open, inviting shape encourages people to sit and interact, while its top surface seamlessly links to desks, storage units, and other...

Vibrant and Varied With a modular kit of parts, Public enables people to work how Public elements can be arranged into configurations that express and where they want. Casual group areas become destinations culture and foster belonging—and that can evolve as needs change for brainstorming, teamwork, presentations, and meetings. Layers of color and material create visual consistency and enhance Individual workspaces facilitate sharing and interaction, or the flow of movement from individual to group activities, and from productivity and privacy. private to shared spaces.

The Social Chair offers a solution for the entire office landscape by serving as a foundational element for community areas, team spaces, and individual desks. The versatile design is streamlined, visually light, and remarkably comfortable—achieved with a fraction of the material used for traditional upholstered soft seating. The chair’s internal supports are made of a patented polymer that maintains elasticity without losing its shape, providing people with ergonomic responsiveness. Public is a flexible system that can be configured and reconfigured to suit an organization’s needs. Assemblages...

Please visit us at hermanmiller.com/materials for the most current textile and materials offering. Public’s modular kit of parts can be configured to create a variety of individual and group settings to support a range of activities— from creating and contemplating to conversing and sharing. Accent Finish Solid Laminate Back Frame Network-Wrapped Suspension Back Desk Shelf Whiteboard Overhang Desk Bin Power Access Focus Café Table Desktop Divider Freestanding Bin with Doors Light Brown Walnut 2U Dark Brown Walnut 40 Price Category 1 Crossing 24 Colors Price Category 2 Twist 25 Colors Price Category...