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2016 Leaders Breakfast – Herman Miller: Behind the Red Stool

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Herman Miller — Throughout the years, Herman Miller has presented recipients of the Leadership of Excellence Award with an innovative and steadfast symbol of design excellence. Until late 2014, Herman Miller honored award recipients with a molded plywood splint in its original packaging from World War II designed by Charles and Ray Eames. With the splint in limited quantities and held in the Herman Miller archives, Herman Miller produced a special edition stool made from sustainable ash, stained in a signature translucent aniline red, a favorite color of Charles and Ray Eames. Exclusive only to Leaders Breakfast award recipients, the stool is now the symbol of the Leaders Breakfast series. A specialty book about the history of the stool, including a framed print from the Herman Miller design archives, accompanies the award.

Leaders Breakfast
Friday, September 16, 7 – 10am
The LA Hotel Downtown
333 South Figueroa Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071

SPEAKER
Celeste Headlee
Public Broadcast Radio Show Host & Author of Heard Mentality

HONOREE
Skid Row Housing Trust

To purchase tickets and sponsor visit iida.org. For up-to-date information about the event and to read more about the speaker and honoree, visit iida-socal.org. See Sponsorship Opportunities here.

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