The history of the desk

In 1956, George Nelson designed the CSS integrated storage rack system for Herman Miller and began to use the modular concept and industrial production methods for indoor planning. Nelson also introduced the CPS integrated screen system in 1959, making the concept of system furniture a big step forward.

In 1960, George Nelson and Robert Propst began to study the new office concept for Herman Miller and developed a new concept for Action Office. In 1964, the world's first office furniture system (Action Office Syetem) was released. In 1968, the world's first office furniture "Action Office 2" was launched, which included a panel, a worksurface, and a hanging storage system, thus changing the traditional style of the office and making the system furniture Open office design is commonly used in office planning.

In 1973, Steelcase introduced the "Series 9000" screen system, which gradually integrated the concepts and advantages of system furniture into every office.

In 1977, Herman Miller launched a personal workstation "Work Space" for further humanity research on office space.

In 1984, Bill Stumpf designed the new system furniture "Ethospace" for Herman Miller, which is a set of system furniture that takes into account both humanity, work style and environment. Steelcase also added a traditional block-like design to the traditional screen; Haworth has launched a new block screen called "Places." At the same time, in the United States, screen-based system furniture is popular, but Europe is moving towards system furniture based on Freestanding. Europeans are more inclined to open space; the United States is used to maintaining a private office environment, so the United States uses a large number of screen systems. However, whether it is a stand-alone table system or a screen system, the same preconditions are required, that is, it should have a systematic design, with functions such as expansion, connection, and storage lines.

In 1989 Steelcase developed a new independent table system furniture "Context". Since then, until 2000, Herman Miller has introduced the latest new system "Resolves" for honeycomb planning, giving new interpretations of space use and work patterns, and opening a new era for the development of system furniture.