Steve Frykholm

Design Matters with Debbie Millman

Design Matters Media

Design, Arts

4.5 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2011

⏱️ 34 minutes

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After a 40-year career with Herman Miller, Steve Frykholm discusses life inside this iconic, National Design Award-winning furniture company.

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0:00.0	Ted Audio Collective.
0:02.0	Audio Collective.
0:04.0	This is Design Matters with Debbie Milman from Design Observer.com.
0:14.0	On this program, Debbie Milman talks with graphic designer Steve Frickle
0:22.0	about his career working in-house at Herman Miller.
0:25.0	When he started at the company 41 years ago, Charles and Ray Eames were colleagues.
0:30.0	You know, one of the things I learned from them is when you design something you ask the question
0:36.8	what's next and what's next
0:40.7	Here's Debbie Millman
0:47.0	Herman Miller is known for its classic modernist furniture, the Eames lounge chair and the Noguchi table
0:50.0	to name just two of its storied products.
0:52.0	For the past 40 years, Steve Frickholm to name just two of its storied products.
0:53.0	For the past 40 years, Steve Frickholm,
0:55.2	Herman Miller's creative director,
0:57.2	has been responsible for creating the company's
0:59.4	strikingly inventive image and graphic identity.
1:03.0	His iconic posters have been acquired by the Museum of Modern Art
1:07.0	and the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum.
1:10.0	He is in New York to receive the AIGA medal, the highest honor for graphic designers.
1:15.0	Welcome to Design Matters, Steve.
1:17.0	Hey, thanks, Debbie.
1:18.0	Congratulations on receiving the medal.
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