DSS Stacking Side Chair
- Designed by: Ray Eames, Charles Eames
- Made by: Herman Miller
- Price: $229.00-249.00
- More Info: store.hermanmiller.com
Pros
The supportive back comes up high and tapers toward the top, providing clearance for your elbows—useful if you’re at a computer or pulled up close to a worktable. It’s stackable and ”gangable”—–you can clip several together to create rows.
Cons
It’s so popular it’s become ubiquitous—see practically every issue of Dwell.
The recyclable polypropylene plastic may be “eco-friendly,” but it lacks the tactile appeal of the original fiberglass seat, which patinas beautifully. Scour your vintage shops…
Articles
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Herman Miller in Syracuse, NY
We've sent Dwell senior editor Aaron Britt to Michigan to visit the Herman Miller factory and Herman Miller has sent some of its collection to Syracuse, New York, for the new Good Design: Stories…
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Eames Demetrios for Herman Miller
Dwell on Design’s Design Innovation Stage started off strong with an interview between Editor-in-Chief Sam Grawe and Eames Demetrios, Director of the Eames Office and grandchild of Charles…
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Herman Miller Design Center
Herman Miller’s National Design Center in Atlanta achieved a LEED Gold rating for commercial interiors.
Dwell Collection
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Dreams of Eames
Every April, the design world trots off to Milan to show its new wares, but traipsing through the massive show, we couldn't shake a certain sense of déjà vu. In 1946, Eliot Noyes…
Events
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Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller
This traveling exhibition showcases products designed by the renowned office furniture company, and was inspired by the recent book Herman Miller: the Purpose of Design by design scholar and…
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Giveaway: Tour the Miller House
This May, the famed J. Irwin Miller House—designed by Eero Saarinen with landscapes by Dan Kiley and interiors by Alexander Girard—opened its doors to the public for the first time…
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Collecting Eames, the JF Chen Collection
From October 3 through January 14, Los Angeles's premier designer antique resource, JF Chen will open its doors to the public for "Collecting Eames, the JF Chen Collection," an exhibition…
Product
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Eames DCM SIde Chair
The Eames were known to tinker with their existing designs which is how we arrived at this version of the DCM chair in the early 1970s. The plastic backed chairs feature an upholstered urethane…
Tips
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How to Pick a Dining Chair
There are two ways to look at this. First, if it’s just you and your family, you want to have something comfortable but not too lounge-y. If you’re more of an entertainer and…
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The Best Lounge Chair Shape
Go with something that’s sleek, sexy, and swivels rather than something big and voluminous so it can offset a big, cushy couch and balance the rest of your furniture.
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Consider Weighty Topics
Avoid chairs that are really heavy and hard to pull in and out of the table. Think about comfort, especially with the host and hostess chairs, which could have dual purposes and also be used at the…
Videos
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The Full Spectrum: Herman Miller
In the final installment of our video series on color theory, senior editor Aaron Britt heads to Zeeland, Michigan, to tour Herman Miller's headquarters and get the skinny on color and material…
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Emerging Designer: Jason Miller
The first subject in our emerging designers series, Jason Miller draws on threadbare bits of Americana, serving up something entirely new with a sly, subversive spin.
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