80s Bruce Burdick executive desk for Herman Miller

Designer
Bruce Burdick
Manufacturer
Herman Miller
Period
1980s
Origin
USA
Material
aluminium, Plastic, Steel, wood
Color
black, Chrome
Code
06231220TBu
Condition
Good condition consistent with age and use.
Dimensions
164,5cm (w) x 72cm (d) x 74cm (h) | tabletop 152,5cm x 61cm)
WS
A - B
Price
Sold, YGY
Provenance
See writing below.

Bruce Burdick has been exposed to the industrial dynamism, creative lifestyle and architectural activity of California from an early age. Born and raised in Los Angeles, he is a graduate of the University of Southern California and Art Center College. Newly attending the Art Center, Burdick worked with Charles and Ray Eames at the Eames Office. After completing his studies, he worked with renowned designers John Follis and Herb Rosenthal, before opening his own studio in 1970.

Burdick’s early successes are devising new ways to use computers for two exhibitions on economics and food. Both exhibitions are part of the permanent display at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. He has also been involved in the design and development of environmental training centers, a museum of oceanography, and concept planning for the Institute of Automotive Science and History.

His first product for Herman Miller was the Burdick Group System, a unique collection of work surfaces, paper handling and storage elements, and support elements for electronic equipment, placed along a structural armature and in the configuration that best suits the way people work. It can be assembled in many different sizes and configurations and can change and grow to respond to changing work patterns.

This Burdick Group executive office conference table is one of the products from this line and show a great condition, consistent with age and use.

In 1980, the Burdick Group won design awards from the Institute of Business Designers and the Industrial Designers Society of America. The following year, Time magazine named the Burdick Group system one of the Best of 1981 for industrial design. The magazine described it as one of the first flexible office furniture systems that could handle computer terminals and other electronic office devices.

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