lispenard sofa
Design Neil Logan,
2017
With its classic silhouette and boxy, elemental form, Lispenard Sofa Group is just right in all the right ways for a variety of needs and spaces. It’s stylish but not imposing, quiet but up for anchoring any space. It also offers the right support—the angled back affords just the right pitch. Without feeling overstuffed, its comfortable proportions deliver the plush softness you’d expect from casual lounge seating.
850W*900D*660H
675W*525D*350H
Logan’s interest in designing furniture began as a natural outgrowth of his interior architecture projects. He established his architecture practice in New York City in 1992 after moving there a decade earlier and working for the likes of Toshiko Mori and Edward Larrabee Barnes. In the pre-Internet days of the early 1990s, even well-connected architects found their options within the New York furniture markets limiting. To supplement what was commercially available, Logan began returning from his annual trips to Scandinavia with furniture purchased for various projects. He also started designing more built-ins and custom pieces.
Herman Miller was a West Michigan businessman who helped his son-in-law, D.J. De Pree, buy the Michigan Star Furniture Company in 1923. De Pree had been working at the company, which opened in 1905, since he was hired in 1909 as a clerk. De Pree knew his father-in-law was a man of integrity, so he decided to rename the company after him. By the middle of the 20th century, the name Herman Miller had become synonymous with “modern” furniture. Working with legendary designers George Nelson and Charles and Ray Eames, the company produced pieces that would become classics of industrial design.