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2008

Herman Miller's Space Utilization Service receives the H. Bruce Russell Innovator's Award at the 2008 CoreNet Global Summit. The award recognizes excellence in sustainable leadership, economic development leadership, and corporate real estate workplace innovation.

Herman Miller's Teneo storage furniture collection receives the silver Spark award for Storage Furniture and Systems.

Best of NeoCon: Best of Competition awarded to Teneo Storage Furniture.

Best of NeoCon: Teneo Storage Furniture receives Gold for the Filing and Storage category.

Best of NeoCon: Nala receives Silver for the Healthcare Seating category.

Best of NeoCon: Geiger International's Caucus conferencing suite earns Silver for the Conference Room Casegoods category.

Best of NeoCon: The Lissome table from Geiger International receives Silver for the Occasional Tables category.

Herman Miller for the Home marks the launch of the Lifework Portfolio at the 2008 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) with an ICFF Editors' Award for Body of Work. One of 16 categories, Body of Work is presented to the company that represents best of show for its emerging products, booth design, marketing, and customer experience.

Leaf personal light chosen among the world's best lighting products to receive a 2008 red dot award for product design. The LED (light emitting diode) table-top light was selected from thousands of entries by an international jury of 24 renowned designers and design experts.

2007

C2 (Climate Control) honored by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design and Architecture with a 2007 GOOD DESIGN Award for the Consumer and Household Products category.

Convia Programmable Infrastructure, the signature product of Convia, Inc., is featured among Architectural Record's most innovative new building products for 2007.

Leaf personal light receives Silver International Design Excellence Award. In its 27th year, the annual design competition is sponsored by BusinessWeek and presented by the Industrial Designers Society of America. It honors design excellence in products, eco design, interaction design, packaging, strategy, research, and concepts.

Leaf personal light honored with ID Magazine Best of Consumer Products award.

Convia cited as Grand Prize recipient of Buildings Innovation Award.

C2 recognized with Best of NeoCon Silver for Workplace Technologies.

Convia receives Best of NeoCon Gold for Workplace Technologies.

Leaf personal light earns Spark award for integration, aspiration, collaboration, and sustainability.

Leaf personal light recognized as International Consumer Electronics Show 'Best of Innovations' Honoree.

Leaf personal light receives organicAWARD from organicARCHITECTS for sustainable design.

2006

Leaf personal light receives the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Innovations Award for Eco-Design

My Studio Environments earns Roscoe Award from Interior Design magazine for innovation in product design

My Studio Environments and Leaf personal light chosen in Buildings magazine's "Top Product Picks"

Leaf personal light receives the "Best of What's New" award in the Home Technology category from Popular Science magazine

Buildings magazine awards Grand Prize for Energy Efficiency to Herman Miller's Leaf personal light

FX Magazine's International Interior Design Awards 2006 ceremony pays tribute to Herman Miller's My Studio Environments, Celle chair, and Leaf personal light

Aeron work stool wins Attendees' Choice Award from the National Ergonomics Conference and Exposition

My Studio Environments cited as one of five "Editor's Picks" in the annual year-end Products Report section of Architectural Record, published in December. Leaf personal light was praised as a "task light with personality" in the Electrical and Communications sector.

My Studio Environments, Vivo Interiors, Leaf personal light, and Celle work chair receive the GOOD DESIGN Award for 2006 from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design and Architecture

Leaf personal light and Geiger Foray chair chosen for the first-ever "Editors' Choice Product Picks" feature in Interiors & Sources magazine

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in Furniture Systems for My Studio Environments

Best of NeoCon, Best of Show awarded to My Studio Environments

IDEA awards Bronze to the Celle chair. The Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) competition co-sponsored by BusinessWeek and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) to celebrate the best product designs of the year.

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in Lighting for the Leaf personal light

2005

Best of NeoCon, Innovation Award for the Celle chair

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in Workplace Technologies for Babble voice privacy technology

Architectural Record magazine recognizes Babble among its "Editor's Picks" for 2005

Babble receives "Editor's Choice Award" from Buildings magazine

Celle chair receives "Editor's Choice Award" from Buildings magazine

Herman Miller's Celle task chair receives the People's Choice Award at the National Ergonomics Conference and Exposition (NECE). Attendees annually vote for the new product they believe offers the best opportunity for increasing workplace productivity and profitability, while improving workplace health and safety

The Consumer Electronics Association presents its Best of Innovations Award to Babble, an innovative sound management tool from Sonare Technologies/A Herman Miller Company

Esquire Magazine includes Babble, an innovative sound managment tool from Sonare Technologies/A Herman Miller Company, on its annual listing of "America's Best & Brightest"

2004

The Industrial Design Society of America's (IDSA) annual Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) and Business Week magazine awarded Silver to Herman Miller's Mirra chair

FIRA International Ltd., a leading European furniture industry research organization, awards Herman Miller's Mirra chair the FIRA Ergonomics Excellence Award

The Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design and Architecture presents its GOOD DESIGN Award for 2003 to Herman Miller's Mirra office chair and the M Collection, a line of height-adjustable work tables co-developed with Baker Manufacturing

2003

Architectural Record magazine and Environmental Building News name the Mirra chair among the "Top 10 Green Products" of the year

Fortune Magazine names the Mirra chair one of the 25 best products of the year. Fortune praised Herman Miller's Aeron chair as a design breakthrough that helped pave the way for Mirra's bold look--and noted that "it's no surprise that companies like Apple and Herman Miller are good at design"

The Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum recognizes Herman Miller for its record of product design in the 4th Annual National Design Awards, citing the company as "a design leader...focused on accessible, problem-solving furniture design with high style, insisting on design excellence, innovation and integrity in all of its products"

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in "Seating, Desk/Workstation Chairs" for the Mirra chair, as judged by an independent jury of facilities managers, interior designers, and architects

2002

Herman Miller's patented PostureFit technology for seated low back support receives the 1st Annual Attendees Choice Award at the National Ergonomics Conference and Exposition

Fast Company magazine hails Herman Miller's Aeron chair and Eames Lounge among the 15 best-designed consumer products of the past 100 years, based on their "thoughtful, integrated style and technology," affordability, accessibility and their impact on individuals' lifestyles

The Industrial Design Society of America's (IDSA) annual Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) and Business Week magazine awarded Silver to Herman Miller's Capelli stool

I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review, Honorable Mention in Furniture for the Caper task chair

2001

Best of NeoCon Gold Award, "Most Innovative" for Design on Textile program

FIRA (the Furniture Industry Research Association) awards Herman Miller's Aeron chair the Certificate for Ergonomic Excellence, the highest ergonomic award in Europe

2000

2000 NeoCon, Grand Award for NeoCon 2000 showroom at Chicago's Merchandise Mart in the annual Showroom Design

Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), co-sponsored by Business Week magazine--Caper seating earns Bronze award

Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), co-sponsored by Business Week magazine, name Levity Collection and Reaction chair Silver Award Winners

Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA), co-sponsored by Business Week magazine, name Herman Miller's Resolve Office System a Gold award winner

1999

IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, Bronze Award in "Furniture Systems" for Kiva

IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, Bronze Award in "Seating, Desk/Workstation Chairs" for Caper Seating

Interiors Magazine and IIDA Creative Excellence Award for showroom design

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in "Seating Desk/Task Chairs" for the Caper chair

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in "Furniture Systems" for the Resolve system

"Designs of the Decade" Gold Winner in "Office Furniture" from the Industrial Designers Society of America & Business Week magazine for Aeron chair

Aeron Chair named one of "Designs Greatest Hits" in Your Company magazine

"Design of the Century" by Time magazine for Eames molded plywood chair

1998

NeoCon showroom competition, IIDA, Grand Showroom Award

Apex Award, IIDA, in "Specialties" for Puzzle mobile workstation

International Plastics Consumer Product Design Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers for Aeron chair

Editor's Gold Award, Home Office Computing magazine, for the Aeron Chair and the TJ Collection of home office furniture

Best of NeoCon, Silver Award for the Meridian Storage Tower

Best of NeoCon, "Most Innovative Award" for the Acrobat suite of freestanding furniture

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in "Computer Support Furniture" for the Acrobat suite of freestanding furniture

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in "Seating, Desk/Workstation Chairs" for the Reaction chair

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in "Furniture Systems" for the Passage freestanding desk system

1997

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in "Furniture Systems, New Components and Enhancements" and Silver Editor's Choice Award for Systems Bridge wall

Outstanding Corporate Innovator Award from the Product Development & Management Association for Herman Miller's new product development processes

1996

Gold Prize for Good Design (G-Mark), Foreign Products-Furniture and Interiors, from the Japanese Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) for the Aeron chair

Business Week (January 8) cited the Aeron chair among "Best Products" of 1995

American Product Excellence (APEX) Award for the Ambi® chair

Best of NeoCon, Silver Award in "Seating" for the Limerick chair

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in "New Systems" for the Q System

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in "Furniture Systems, New Components and Enhancements" for Arrio freestanding systems furniture

1995

Silver Industrial Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) for the Aeron chair in the Contract Furniture category presented by the Industrial Designers Society of America

I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review, "Best of Category in Furniture" for the Aeron chair

Best of NeoCon, Gold Award in "Seating, Desk/Workstation Chairs" for the Ambi chair

1992

Gold Industrial Design Excellence Award (IDEA) for Relay Furniture by Business Week magazine and presented by Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA)

1991

Worldesign Congress 1985 to Charles Eames as the world's most influential designer of the century

Worldesign Congress 1985 to the Action Office system as the world's most significant industrial design for the years 1961-1985

Design magazine (United Kingdom) "Best of the Decade" (1980-90) recognition for Ethospace interiors, Equa chair, and Hollington chair

Time magazine "Best of the Decade" (1980-90) design citation for the Equa chair

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