Take a Free Trial | Jury Awards Herman Miller $8.4M In Chair Trade Dress Trial Try Law360 FREE for seven days Blumenthal Distributing, Inc. d/b/a Office Star et al v. Herman Miller, Inc. Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. Read Our Latest UK Financial Services Coverage Get instant access to the one-stop news source for business lawyers You must correct or enter the following before you can sign up:Charles Eames and Ray Eames were the embodiment of the inventiveness, energy and optimism at the heart of mid-century modern American design, and have been recognized as the most influential designers of the 20th century. As furniture designers, filmmakers, artists, textile and graphic designers and even toy and puzzle makers, the Eameses were a visionary and effective force for the notion that design should be an agent of positive change. They are the happy, ever-curious, ever-adventurous faces of modernism. Charles studied architecture and industrial design.
Ray (née Beatrice Alexandra Kaiser) was an artist, who studied under the abstract expressionist Hans Hofmann. They met in 1940 at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in suburban Detroit (where Charles also met his frequent collaborator Eero Saarinen and the artist and designer Harry Bertoia) and married the next year. His technical skills and her artistic flair were wonderfully complementary. They moved to Los Angeles in 1941, where Charles worked on set design for MGM. In the evenings at their apartment, they experimented with molded plywood using a handmade heat-and-pressurization device they called the “Kazam!” machine. The next year, they won a contract from the U.S. Navy for lightweight plywood leg splints for wounded servicemen — they are coveted collectibles today; more so those that Ray used to make sculptures. The Navy contract allowed Charles to open a professional studio, and the attention-grabbing plywood furniture the firm produced prompted George Nelson, the director of design of the furniture-maker Herman Miller Inc., to enlist Charles and (by association, if not by contract) Ray in 1946.
Some of the first Eames items to emerge from Herman Miller are now classics: the “LCW,” or Lounge Chair Wood, and the “DCM,” or Dining Chair Metal, supported by tubular steel. The Eameses eagerly embraced new technology and materials, and one of their peculiar talents was to imbue their supremely modern design with references to folk traditions. Their “Wire Chair” group of the 1950s, for example, was inspired by basket weaving techniques. The populist notion of “good design for all” drove their “Molded Fiberglass” chair series that same decade, and also produced the organic-form, ever-delightful “La Chaise.” In 1956 the “Lounge Chair” and ottoman appeared — the supremely comfortable plywood-base-and-leather-upholstery creation that will likely live in homes as long as there are people with good taste and sense. Charles Eames once said, “The role of the designer is that of a very good, thoughtful host anticipating the needs of his guests.” For very good collectors and thoughtful interior designers, a piece of design by the Eameses, the closer produced to original conception the better, is almost de rigueur — for its beauty and comfort, and not least as a tribute to the creative legacy and enduring influence of Charles and Ray Eames.
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And they see Salesforce and the implementation of Sales Cloud as a real way to accelerate that development. “Now we have a process to help anticipate customer needs and put the right capabilities around the customer and the sales team,” says Walker. And Marketing Cloud brings the customer to the forefront with personalized, timely content. “Marketing Cloud played a key role in our last holiday sale where we realized a 200% increase in email revenue and a 100% increase in email conversions over the prior year,” says Mary Stevens, Senior VP of Global Marketing. “We are able to launch more effective campaigns using the extensive testing capabilities available in the Marketing Cloud. We can see what works and what doesn‘t, allowing us to use analytics to inform decisions and drive better business results.” It all boils down to connections. Salesforce is connecting Herman Miller’s sales team to each other, to their marketing programs, to the way they service customers, to their dealers, retailers, and end-users.
Salesforce Chatter has been instrumental in helping Herman Miller make these connections. “When I watch the Chatter feed, I’m seeing sales reps connect in real-time. Chatter empowers our reps with more knowledge about the customer, and the industry. And they’ve found new ways to service their customers,” says Walker, who uses Chatter to get a synopsis on top accounts. Making connections, made simple For Herman Miller, it wasn’t enough to have a repository of information, or even the ability to share that information. The technology had to help Herman Miller better serve their customers. It had to be seamless. And it had to be easy to use, from anywhere. “The Salesforce1 Mobile App enables our team to easily track account activity and share information on the fly,” says John Amrhein, VP Sales Operations and Strategy. “It makes updating, learning, sharing, and collaborating happen in real time, right from my phone. And it’s so easy to use. It’s a huge benefit for us,” adds Amrhein.