Original Fiberglass Shell Chair Colors from the 1950′s & 1960′s

2012 January 25
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by MODERNICA

“A short vintage-style educational slideshow showing the original Herman Miller fiberglass colors for the Fiberglass Shell Chairs.” – Thanks to eamescollector who posted this to youtube.

“This video is research for a design student graduation project: aesthetics and meditation in the films of Charles and Ray Eames. This excerpt is from the 1960 film 6:28.” - Thanks to jwerner who posted this to youtube.

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  1. Robert permalink
    January 25, 2012

    What perfect timing, I was literally just doing a search on the original Zenith colors as this email came in. Just trying to nail down what color to get as I want to go with a 50′s appropriate color.

  2. David permalink
    January 26, 2012

    C’mon jadite! Love that shade of green.

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